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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





In another column ap-

pears the announce—

ment of the annual

meeting of the Michi-

Association. This

is an important meeting to Michigan





Potato Growers'

Opportunity.





~ potato growers and should be attended





by as many potato producers as can

possibly arrange to attend. This meet-

ing will present an opportunity which

should not be neglected for the potato





. growers of the state to thresh out the





potato grading question with the repre-

sentative” of the National Food Admin-

istration who organized Michigan deal-

ers for the early enforcement of the

grading rules in this state. This gen-

tleman Will address the growers at

their first session on Thursday after

noon on “The U. S. Food Administra—





‘tion and the Marketing of the 1918 P0-





tato Crop.” This is virtually the Food

Administration’s day in court on the

potato grading proposition and' Mr.

Miller should be given a fair hearing

and an opportunity to present in detail

the views and claims of the Food Ad~





’ .mlnistration on the potato grading





rules as they affect Michigan potato

growers. If he can justify the rules to

the satisfaction of a representative con-

vention of growers the controversy

should .be closed. If he cannot, the

growers should clearly express their

attitude with regard to the grading

proposition in general and\ the rules un-

der which it should be contniued, if at

all, in particular, to the end that the

Food Administration may have fair no-

tice as to the attitude of the growers

in one important potato producing





Estate, which will make them responsi-

3 bio and absolve Michigan farmers from





responsibility regarding the mainte-

nance of normal production'this year,





f‘wnen food stuns of all kinds will be





more badly needed than ever befone in





-»'.tbe history of the country.





‘ Again we voice the opinion express-





“ed in these columns last November.





when potato grading was first propos-

.111. that its enforcement is undesirable

in the present emergency. Again we

1: the opinion expressed in an edi-

comment weeks ago, that as at



[at enforced potato grading will

'nefit growers as claimed by its

boomse the potatoes are not





both growers and consumers, the two

grades recommended by the Bureau of

Markets should be abandoned in favor

of a single grade to which the market

is accustomed if enforced grading is to

be continued at all.



Better results in the improvement. of





’the average quality of the crop would





undoubtedly follow the establishment

of one standard grade with a standard

label under which any grower could

market his crop at his own option.

Crop improvement cannot be accom-

plished by compulsion- Attempts in

this direction will only curtail produc-

tionmunfortunately at a time when

maximum production is needed.



This controversy should be settled

without further delay, not alone be

cause of its effect on this year’s pro;

duction, but also as a means of relief

to northern producers who have been

unable to move their last year’s crop

at all, and to whofn the present rules

are a serious hardship. A full attend-

ance of growers at next week’s meet

ing will help to settle it on a just basis.





\ Pursuant to fixing



Mill Feed Prices. the price on wheat

for 1917 the federal



food administration announced prices

at which mill feeds should be sold by

miners. Reports from various sections

of the state indicate that farmers in

many sections are not getting mill

feeds at anywhere near the prices fix-

ed therefor by the federal government.

We took this matter up with the Food

Administration, and are advised that in

the cases which have been investigated

the feeds were purchased outside the

state and came from jobbers and whole-





salers who had purchased them on 0011-.





tract before the fixed prices went into

effect, under which conditions they

have been given the right to take a





reasonable profit on the actual cost.



Last week we received a notice from

the State Food Administrator that the

government is about to inaugurate a

new ruling providing that in no case

shall the wholesale price of mill feeds

exceed $3.50 per ton over the price

fixed for the sale of these products by

milling companies, that is, this $3.50

per ton shall cover all commissions

and profits up to the time the feeds

reach the retailers



In oxder to aid purchasers of mill

feeds in getting fair prices on same,

we will publish on the market page of

this and future issues the price fixed

by the government for mill feeds sold

by millers.



Any farmer who is asked higher pric-

es than those proscribed, by any miller

should at once report same, and the

case will receive prompt investigation.

These prices plus actual transportation

charges, andhandling costs, should be

the prices asked by other dealers, ex-

cept in'case of feeds purchased by

them previous to the announcement of

this ruling, in which case, as above

noted, prices should net exceed those

given more than $3.50 per. ton plus

transportation and handling cost. Ev-

ery case in which these rules are not

followed should be promptly reported





Every Michigan F a r m e r



Live Stock reader should not only

Prospects. read but carefully weigh

the statements made in the



article entitled, “Live Stock and the

War,” which is published in another

column of this issue. The facts con-

tained therein are here presented by a

writer of wide reputation, whose care-

ful analysis of the present and prospec-

tive agricultural situation is worthy “of

more than passing attention. The Oh-

vious truth of the statements made

should cause every Michigan farmer to

consider thefuturo as well as the pres-

ent in determining how larger. factor

live stock production shall bemade up

on his farm.

There is no doubt about the .dopw





established are of economic: benefit to





   





   

 





the belligerent an neatl-

Europe,

heavily upon the United States both‘ tor

animal food products and for founda-

tion stock, with which to rebuild their

flocks and herds. These countries can

far more quickly supply their immedi-

ate needs of cereal foods, and this they

must do'from their own soil so far as

is possible, owing to the necessity of

cheapening the cost of living to the

gleatest possible degree.



This will reduce our market for

grains to a corresponding degree, but

live stock cannot be produced in large

volume so quickly, and the people of

these countries will be obliged to buy

in a market in Which there is no large

surplus to be offered, consequently bet-

for prices may be expected to prevail

for live stock and livestock products

than for the cereal grains or other pro-

ducts of our farms for immediate con-

sumption. There will unquestionably

be_a large and protflable market for

good meat animals of all kinds for

some years following the declaration of

a general peace. There’will be a still

better market for foundation stock of

Quality suitable for use in the improve-

ment of our own live stock or in re-es-

tablishing the live stock industry of

European countries. '



The farmer who is prepared to take

advantage of that market when it of-

fers will be doubly rewarded, first in

the better state of fertility" in which he

will be able to maintain his land by

making live stock a larger factor in his

total production, and second by cash-

ing in on his surplus stock at a price

which will without question yield a

handsome profit.‘ In addition to that

the vexed labor problem with which

every farmer is confrOnted at the pres-

ent time can be better solved where a

well balanced System of production is

followed in which live stock is given a

prominent place.





HAPPENINGS 6F THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.



The European Wa1.——The Bolshevik

government in RUSsia has acceded to

the demands of Germany and accepted

the terms laid down by the central

powers. As a result another peace con-

ference is to open at Biest-Litovsk.

Active military operations against the

northern portion of the Russian front

by German t1 oops hastened the accept-

ance of peace terms. Notwithstanding

the agreement, defense measures are

bemg taken by the Socialists in Petro-

grad, who are reported to be recruiting

a considerable military body to resist

the German advance. Similar actions

are said to be in progress at Kiev, Mos~

cow and Pskoff. Russia is seemingly

“thoroughly disorganized and it is the

opinion of statesmen that it will be

years before she can recover from her

present chaotic condition ——Sweden

has seized the Aland islands in the Bal-

tic district. —The British have extend-

ed their operations in Palestine and

captured the ancient city of Jericho. ~—

Brisk firing has taken place at many

points along the Italian frontier, but no

infantry efforts have been undertaken

—-On the western front no impmtant

troop movements have been attempted

but each side appears to be feeling out

the other with artillery fire and small

raids. One of these was made against.

the American sector northwest of Toul

on Sunday, but the German batteries

were silenced following a heavy retal-

iatory shelling from the American

guns. Berlin reports that the Allies

are taking the initiative on the Belgian

front.



Brazil will mobilize a defense army

of 70.0, 000 men. It is generally believ-

ed, however, that this armY‘is to re-





main in Brazil and will not be sent to .





France.

National.



The Red Cross finer Florizel bound

from Newfoundland for New York ran

upon ledges near Cape Race on Sun-

day during a blizzard, and it is believ-

ed that all persons aboard were lost.

There were seventy-eight passengers

and sixty-two members of ‘the crew on

the boat at the time.



The government has completed ar-

rangement‘s for a conference between





labor and capital representatives to be’ '





held this week at Washington. Each





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prisoned 111 the Amuse-Porter mine

near Crystal Falls, Mich, by a cave-in

which filled the lower WOrkings (rt-the

mine with sand and water. After tour

days’ work the rescuing squads have

failed to reach the victims. .

Former ambassador to Germany,

Gerard, is slowly recovering from an





operation which he underwent last





week.



Henry Ford, automobile manufactur-

or is establishing a $2, 000, 000 plant in

Detroit folft‘he manufacture of U-boat

chasers. It is announced that the plant

will be ready for turning out boats in

seventy-five days. The plans for mak-

ing these boats a-re in general along

the same line as those used by Mr.

Ford in the making of automobiles.



The Council of National Defense of

the United States Bureau of Education

is planning the organization of school

districts into small democracies with

the school houses as capitals. The

program includes the organization of

750, 000 of these democracies, which

will reach 22, 000, 000 pupils for public

service.



The emergency school for teaching

farmers and others how to operate and

repair tractors will open at the Mich-

igan Agricultural College on Monday.

March4 ,for a two-weeks’ course.





MICHIGAN POTATO GROWERS

- MEET.





 





The fourth annual meeting of the

Michigan State Potato Growers’ Asso-

ciation will be held at East Lansing,

Thursday and Friday, March 7 8,111

conjunction with Farm‘ers’ Week.



Thursday Afternoon.



1: 30—President’s address, Dorr D.

Buell, Elmira. .



2: 00—SeAcretary s W.

Wald, M. C. ‘



2: 30——-“The U. S. Food Administra

tion and the Marketing of the 1918 P0-

tato Crop ” H. P. Millel, U. S. Food

Administration.



3: 30——-’Discussion, opened by L A.

Siple, Greenville.



Friday Forenoon.



9. OOT—Btlsiness session.



10: 00—— “What the U. S. Depaitment

of Agricultugle is Doing for the Potato

Giowers,’ Wm. Stuart, U. S. De-

partment of DAgriculture and Secretary

of Potato Association of America



10: 45—“Marketing the Balance of’

the 1918 Potato C101) ” F. W. Hinyan,

President Michigan Potato Shippers’





repert, C.





- Association.





11: 30—“Getting Together,” John C.

Ketcham, Master the Michigan State

Grange.



Friday Afternoon. .



1: 30—-“How Potato Growers Can

Help Themselves Market their Crops,"

J. W. Weston, Assistant State Leader

of County Agents and John V. Harri-

son, Secretary of Wexford-Missaukoe

County Potato Growers' Association,

Manton, Mich



2 :15—“Organized Potato Develop-

ment Work in Wisconsin.” J. G. Mll—

ward, Secretary of Wisconsin Potato

Glowers’ Association.



3: (lo—“Future of the Potato Industry

in M1ch1gan ” John 1. Gibson, Secre-

tary Western Michigan Development

Bureau.



3: 45—“County Agents and Potato

Growers ” Dr. E. B. Mumford, State

Leader of County Agents, M. A. C





STATE VEGETABLE GROWER8

ASSEMBLE.





 





The second annual meeting of Mich-

igan State Vegetable Growers’ Asso

ciation will be held at East Lansing,

March 6,111 conjunction with Farmers

Week at the Agricultuial College.



9: 00 a. m.——Address by President G.

C. Ravller. Subject, “Benefits of a

State Organization to Vegetable Grow-

era.



9. 30 a. m——“Commercial Vegetable

Growing and the War,” Prof. C.

Halligan, M. A. C V



10: 00 a. m.—-—“The Vegetable Seed

Situation,” George E. Starr, of Grass

Lake.



10:30 a, m.-—-“Intensive Gardening,”

G. W. Kennedy. Dearborn.



11:00 a. m.——“Foedlng the Vegetable

{flaIAtsCm 1918,” Dr. M. M. McCool,





-:11 30 a. m.-——-“The Tomato Crop and

the War,” W. H. Barrett, Adrian.

1:30 p. 111. -——Business meeting.





2: 00 p.1mm.——‘-‘-‘Contiol of Vegetable

goings-1111918,” Dr. G. H. Coons,





2: 4541 m.—-—“Contml of Diseases of

Muck Crops,” Ezra Levin, M.A .C.

3. 15 p. m. «“1th control in 1018,“

D. B. WhoolonJl A..C .

3: 45 p‘. m.—- ‘The County Ag

the Gardener,” O L Gr

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~ By R. KIRBY .

AYBEBill has-gone to the city. of his cum. He has not earned enough

M vPossibly he has joined the army capital to buy a. farm. He looks around

or navy. Anyway, we are very the neighborhood. A dozen farmers

busy. Where‘s Bill. Such is the. call are anxious to hire Bill as a single‘

that has. gone out from many farms.man. Not one is able to give Bill a

Where every' available acre has been tenant house where he can continue

planted in a patriotic endeavor to in- in the business in which he is trained.

crease production. Several years ago What is the result? Bill finds work

the hired man problem was discussed in the city, ringing up fares, putting

more or less by every farmer requir- wheels on automobiles, or climbing tel-

ing hired labor and the problem was egraph poles. The farm loses a good

seldom solved. Todaylit is getting so-man. Who can blame Bill? He is

serious that farmers dislike thinking married and happy. He has a home

about it as it makes them worry and and for that he is willing to work hard

seems so far from a solution. Advice even though his job is not as pleasant

is plentiful along this line and some as farming,

city officials are glad to criticize the There are many farmers with suffi-

farmers for not paying higher wages. cient acreage to make a small tenant

Many residents 013 0111‘ cities are house a good investment. Some of

prone to criticize the farmers because these farmers are worrying about their

of their methods of dealing with labor. labor supply though they have funds

They draw their conclusions from a available for the building of a tenant

study of factory conditions and then house. When they can offer a good

pick out the good points of the factory hired man a chance to work for them

system which are usually good pay and live inahome of his own. they can

and reasonable hours, with a chance to talk business with a lot of good farm-

have a home they can call their own ers who have been forced to leave for

even if it is rented. They forget fresh the city because they lacked capital to

air, small expenses in the Country and start out for themselves one. farm. A

the chance to live a healthful life. lot of these farmers under-estimated

Then they. often figure that any hObO the cost of living in the city and now

is good enough to work on a farm and they would be glad to come back to a

blame the farmer for not achieving a farm if they could have the opportuni-

magnificent success with such‘ mate- ties of home life which they are now

rial. Here is the way I feel about it. enjoying in the city. ‘

Every farmer understands his own lim- ._

itations better than some city adviser TOP-DRESSING WHEAT WITH FER-

who has never liVed on a farm. It is TILIZER.

up to the farmer to solve his own la- .___J.

bor problems in his own way. If he In your last issue I notice a question

waits for associations or government from F- C» 0f MlSSRUkee county, re-

control to solve his problems he may garding the lOD'dreSSihg 0f wheat. This

not have them solved to his own sat- is a time when everyone ShOUId give

isfaction_ , ’ all the information possible to help

A farmer cannot do more than one raise more and better CI‘ODS, SO I would

man’s workfor a great length of time like to give. my OplthIl Oh this queS—

without injury. In the first place, 3. tion. I imagine that this man has no

farmer must plan his work according fertilizer drill, but if he has I would

to the measure of his labor supply. The suggest that he apply a gOOd grade of

supply will depend upon the section in fertilizer at the rate of 200 pounds per

which he lives and its location in re- lacre. Leave the diSCS UP jUSt SO they

gard to manufacturing cities. Next, we will not disturb the roots to the wheat.

must study ‘our local supply of labor If he is obliged to broadcast it is all

and make arrangements for assistance right, and then go over the ground

early in the season. This gives a with a spike-tooth harrow (lengthwise

chance for several disappointments With the rows: Of course), setting the

and still allows enough time to obtain teeth back t0 an angle of forty-five de-

someman’s services before the rush of grees. Dragging is helpful to the wheat

Work begins. anyway, but by doing as stated and as

In selecting the man, it is well to early as possible, he will without doubt

remember that a farmer can never sat- be well paid,,not only in his wheat, 131“

isfy a worker who does not like farm. will almost insure himself a good clo-





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' ing, even if he pays him more than he ver stand. I have known of top-dress-





is worth. A farmer who cannot hire ing being done when the wheat was

a man who likes the life of a farmer three to five 11101195 high and With

Will never have any Success With hired Splendid results. I would suggest that

men. F. C. leave off a strip without any fer-



The Only Solution. tilizer. I am quite sure that he will

see a big difference, and besides show

himself without asking whether it pays

to top-dress Wheat or not. I have no

fertilizer drill and rather than borrow,

I apply it broadcast for any crop and

I never have failed to get good results.



Leelanau Co. N. C. MORGAN.





Among all the farmers I have known

the only ones who solved their labor

problems in a satisfactory manner, had

tenant houses and hired married men.

When a farmer can furnish a hired

man with a home he has something to

offer that is worth attention. The hard- ‘

est part Of keeping good hired men has PLOWING VS. DISKING FOR OATS.

been their lack of home life. A first-

class hired man will seldom stay on a. In the present emergency, when ev-

farm if he is compelled to room in the cry day’s labOr must-be made to count

attic and keep out of the parlor. At its utmost in the accomplishment of

the same time a first-class farmer does productive work, short cuts to the ac-

not like to have his home constantly complishment of all tasks should be

filled with strange men who are going taken wherever possible. The writer

and coming as the fancy suits them. has found the disking of corn ground,

The old system of trying to'keep a full as well as potato and bean ground, a





grown man in another man’s house has desirable method of getting a seed bed .





been responsible for more farm labor for cats. Some farmers plow their

troubles than any other cause. corn ground for oats to get rid of the



For example, Bill is a good man who stubble, but after double disking, har-

understands farming. Possibly he lik— rowing, drilling with a disk drill and

ed his job and thought that he would rolling with a corrugated roller the

always farm. While he was a boy he stubble is well broken up and pressed

was satisfied to work out for. the into the surfaCe soil so it will never be

neighbors and spend most of his even- a soiirce of trouble.» This method





' ings with the ‘yodng people of the com- gives a firmer seed bed. This insures





munlty. ’ At last Bill becomes a ~fl'rst- _bettergresults"w‘ith the clover where

class farmer’o‘f twenty-one years of age same is seeded in oats. .

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longing the usefulness of fence



posts is no longer a matter of

experiment or uncertainty. Owing to

the rather high price that is charged

for the preservative, and the trouble

necessary to equip for treating posts,

or rather the lack of knowledge gen-

erally as to the simplicity with which

posts may be treated, the matter is

at more or less of a standstill among

Michigan farmers.



Treating fence posts is not a difficult

thing—either to understand or to do.

The creosote must be forced to pene-

a depth of one-quarter to one-half inch

a depth of one-quarter, one-half inch

or more: This means that all checks,

holes and defects must be treated the

same as the outside surface. A paint

brush application does not reach the

interior surfaces of checks, nor does a

cold dip. It, therefore, becomes a mat-

ter of forcing the creosote into the

wood, which is accomplished by heat

or boiling. There is really no reason

why the average farmer should not

own and operate his own‘post treating

plant. The outfit is simple and con-

sists of one large steel barrel and one

wooden barrel (the long barrels, near-

ly three feet are best), and two eight

feet lengths of two and one—half-inch

iron pipe, and one eighteen-inch piece

of two and one-half inch pipe, two ells

and two inner and outer lock nuts.

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coloring. one-quarter to one-half inch

is a sumcient penertation for most

species



From the hot bath the posts should

be plunged directly into the barrel con-

taining the cold creosote. Do not let





the temperature in the cold barrel rise,





above 100 degrees F.



The theory of this treatment is that

the hot treatment causes expansion

which expels a portion of the air and

water contained in the wood cells. Up-

on changing the posts quickly from the

hot to the cold bath there is a partial

contraction and condensation of the

air and water left in the cells. This

produces a phrtial vacuum which sucks

the creosote into the cell structure of

the wood.



If, however, it is not convenient to





have both barrels, and the operator is. '





not in a hurry for the posts the same

results may be attained by kicking the

fire away from the tube and allowing

the posts and liquid to cool without

removal from the steel barrel. (Where

this plan is followed the posts will re-

main in the barrel throughout the

treatment. An entire day would be

required to each charge, but no atten-

tion would be required after the

fire had been drawn away from the

tube. .

Wherever a steam engine. is avail-

able for furnishing steam to heat the

creosote a community treating plant is

more desirable and far more efficient





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Enter one end of

the U into the bottom of one of the

barrels, the other end above at about





form of a letter _U.





the middle of the barrel. Connect up

by lock-nuts. This provides the heat-

er and may be put in operation by fill-

ing the barrel (and tube) with creo-

sote. Build a fire on the end of the

U and about six or seven feet from the

barrel. The liquid may be raised to

any temperature necessary for good

treatment in this equipment. ,



The other barrel is for the cold

treatment.



To Charge-Use only well seasoned

pests for treatment and remove all the

bark. Bark prevents uniform penetra-

tion. Posts should be air dry.’ Place

as many as will go in the steel barrel

with butts down. Usually from twelve

to fourteen average posts will be all

that can be put in at once. These

should all be resting on the bottom of

the tank. Next pour the cold creosote

into the heater until the liquid is with—

in about six inches of the top of the

barrel. With the posts in position in

the heater one-half barrel of creosote

should be enough ordinarily to bring

the level of the liquid up to the proper

height. The next step is to start the





fire on the pipe, and begin the "heat--





ing up.” The liquid should be brought





up gradually to 150 degrees F. and‘





maintained between 150 and 200 de-

grees F. for an hour or so. A careful

watch should be kept on the first run,

which should be charged with only one

kind of timber, to tell how far the pen-





etration is carried. This is determined





by cutting a notch into the bottom of





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than is the individual plant. 01' the

operator of an individual plant may

heat by steam or do custom posttreat-

ing by using a large tank equipped

with steam coils. If posts are made

from small trees and are round or half

round it is suggested that the inner

bark be left on the butt end of the

post, if tight, to a height of about six-

teen inches from the butt. This tight

bark prevents the penetration. of cre-

osote into that portion of the post

which does not need deep penetration.

as it is far below the active decay zone

of the post.



The post should be well treated for

the portion at the ground line and six

inches above and below the ground

line.



The top of each post should be dip-

ped into the boiling creosote, or else

bevelled to prevent lodgment of rot

spores. Posts treated as above should

endure for from one- -half again to dou-

ble the natural life of the untreated

post.



No definite figure can be given cov-

ering the cost of treatment per ‘post

owing to the difference in capacity of

different kinds of timber for taking up

creosote. It is safe to say, however,

that with the approximate cost aver-

aging from ten to fifteen cents per post

for treatment. that a very material

saving may be made by prolonginglthe

life of“ the post as well as the saving

due from not having to rgset the posts.





The names and addresses affirms: ' '





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T HE' Food Administrator is con-





stantly urging farmers to plan

to make a greater effort than

ever before to raise such crops as can





'be utilized tO' meet the needs of con-





sumers in our own country and the

armies of the allies in the European

war. The demand is in general terms

without definite instruction as to par-

ticular kinds of crops that can be made

available for use in a short period Of

time. From present conditions we are

led to believe that the call should be





.heeded and responded to very willing-





ly, as every loyal American citizen is

anxious to do all that can be done to

help win the war. '



Seeing what .I have seen and know-

ing what I know, I believe that there

are other acres than those, within the

farm inclosures. that should be utilized

for the purpose of adding to necessary

food supplies. '



Farms Abandoned. for Speculation.



During the recent era of prosperity

and advancement in values of real es-

tate in both city and country, there has

been a good deal of speculation in

lands near or on the outskirts of our

cities and villages. These lands are

held for a raise in price and are un-

occupied and not producing anything

of value as food for man or beast.

More often such lands are abandoned

to fate and produce weed seeds which

are a curse and a damage to the culti-

vated farms which may happen tO be





' maintained in what may be termed the





neighborhood.



To prudent and economicalpeople it

seems as though sOme method should

be adopted by which such lands as are

held by speculators and are not pro-

ducing anything, can be utilized and

made to contribute something in the

form of food products that can be used

for food for the armies. It seems as

though those lands could be under the

care Of the township supervisors who

should see to it that they are tilled at

the proper season, in the proper man-





ner, planted to some of the useful-





crops, and made to increase the supply





. of food needed for our'armies. If well





handled such lands could be made to

be useful instead of being a damage

to the community in which they are

located. If it must be under govern-

ment control and supervision, let it be

that way. ' '

Village Lots.

In very many villages and small cit-

ies there are large numbers of vacant





'lots, sometimes whole blocks Of lots,





which are vacant and not producing

anything but noxious weeds. Many, if

not all, of such, could if properly hand-

led be made (to produce valuable and

useful products.



Farm Fields.



On some of the farms there are

fields that are neglected for various

reasons that’ could be worked, not only

ior patriotic reasons, but for profit to

the owners, and a benefit to the war

needs by adding to the general supply

Of army foods. Such fields could be

called for the season, “War Food

Fields,” and pointed to with pride for

years to come, because they had been

redeemed for the purpose of helping

feed the American soldiers.



The Kind of Crops to Raise.



As to the kind of crops to plant, on

account of immediate needs, such

should be chosen as will require the

least labor and yield quickest returns.

For theearly part of the season, spring

wheat, peas, barley and oats will meet

the needs as all can be utilized in a

short period of time after planting. For

a later crop there islnone, perhaps,

that will yield better returns and meet

the immediate needs of the consumers

better than. field beans. 00m and p0.-

ta-toes 'can .be grown to good advantage





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both time and labor. These late plant-

ed crops usually yield heavily and can

be depended ‘upon to aid, very mate-

rially, in meeting the needs of human-

ity during a critical period. .

An Appeal to American Pride.

The United States is a great country

and' if all the tillable land were to be

well worked, planted to the best crops,

and the products harvested and gar-





'nered for use, we could feel assured of





a bountiful supply of all that will be

needed and much to spare. Germany

has a land area not-much, if any, great-

er than our one state of Texas. Shall

we do in the future as we have done in

the past, let her produce proportion—





ately more of the substantial foods on,





her" restricted area and out-match us

in endurance of by men as soldiers,

because wehave neglected to utilize

our idle- acres and have not furnished

a sufficient amount of food to meet the

needs of our great" population at home

and our great armies in the European

war? It is earnestly hoped that local

pride and patriotic zeal will arouse the

Americans to activity and vigorous ef-

forts which will convert the waste

places mentioned into a veritable Eden

of productiveness. May the work of

the producers Of the present genera-

tion lie so well and faithfully accom~

plished that the generations that fol-

low may be proud. Of our achievements

and in the future be able to say that

there were heroes in the strife, not

Only on the field of battle, but among

the producers of the necessities of life.





WATCH THE BEAN SEED.





 





Some beans last~fa11 contained an ex-

cessive amount of water—from twenty

to forty per cent. Often the water in

these beans would be driven to the

outside by the freezing and the beans

would ”be frozen so as to form large

lumps. If there is enough water to

form lumps the beans ought not to be

saved for seed. Such beans will spoil

as the warm weather comes.



Most beans contain considerable wa-

ter even if they seemed to be dry in

the fall. The cold freezing weather

has either left these soft or has driven

the water to the outside of the bean

bearing particles of ice on the surface.



All beans, especially seed beans,

should be examined astto their condi-

tion regarding water. If they seem to

be soft, or have particles of ice on the

surface, the beans should be dried be-

fore warm weather comes. Otherwise

the beans are likely to heat or spoil,

injuring the vitality.



Beans may be spread out to dry if

One has a few, or shoveled over from

time to time.’A farmer near Mt. Pleas-

ant buried hot bricks in the damp

beans. The bricks create a circulation

of air among the beans in addition to

the heat, directly drying them. Beans

stored in bags will spoil easily if not

dry. All beans in storage should be

examined. It may save considerable

trouble later.



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The sum of six and a half million

dollars is available for road building in

Michigan this year. Approximately two

million dollars comes from state re-

wards and automobile tax, and half \a

million dollars from the federal aid

fund. About 1,000 miles of new road

are being figured on in the difierent

counties, which is a slight decrease





from the mileage of some previous ‘





years.





 





Material is being placed for early

construction of, the Saginaw road in

Genesee ‘county,_reaching from Flint to

the Oakland county line. - The contract

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ground and you compare the results with those obtained





by using an accurate planter.





If it misses only fifteen





kernels in every 100 hills there is a loss of five bushels





per acre in the yield.





You can get a planter the accuracy of which is proverii‘





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The Accurate

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The same accuracy that you would

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method made tireless and rapid by

mechanical devices.





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the hopper is full or nearly empty.

It is the most simple, yet most effec-

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on a corn planter.





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Without changing seed plates or

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lThis “Battery of Delivery Rigs tnsplred Confidence ln Consumers that the,

New Organization was Prepared to Deliver a Satisfactory Product.





_AST summer a fleet of new milk

L wagons, attractive in looks and

bearing the words, “Direct from

Producer to Consumer” began to do

retail business in Grand Rapids. It

was the beginning of a cooperative ex-

periment that is being watched with





great interest not alone in Michigan,





but throughout the country. Can dairy

farmers successfully work together‘in

marketing their product? This is the

issue that is being tried out. '



The Grand Rapids Dairy Company

was formed last June. It has 462 mem:

bers and all are milk producers as re-

quired by its articles of association.

Now for a Word of history leading up

to this organization. For years Grand

Rapids had, been blessed with milk

peddlers, close to 150 of them, with

often half a dozen wagons covering‘ a

single city block. It was the usual

happy-go-lucky state of affairs, with all

sorts of rigs chasing each other over

the same territory. The producers were

getting fourteen to sixteen cents per

gallon for their milk. This was a 10W

price‘but the worst feature, as far as

the dairymen were concerned, was the

uncertainty of their market. It hap-

pened often that the peddler would, say

to the farmer, “I shall not want your

milk tomorrow morning.” He had

made other arrangements, perhaps had

found somebody who would sell for

less, and so without adequate notice

the farmer was left in the lurch with

his product. After a few years some

of the leading dairymen got together

and formed the Grand Rapids Milk

Producers’ Association, an organiza-

tion that went along very well but was

always having trouble to get a fair

price for milk. The producer with an

investment that averaged $1,000 per

cow was on a parity so far as profits

are concerned with the peddler with

an investment of only $300 to $500.

After great effort the producers finally

did get twenty- cents per gallon but

could make no contracts at this price.

They tried repeatedly and would have

taken contracts at twenty cents, even

after feed had soared to $50 a ton, but

the peddlers still stood out. It was at

this stage that the dairy farmer form-

ed the idea of cooperation in the sale

of their own products. They were still

hoping, hoWever, that this would not

be necessary, for they were not anx-

ious to enter the new field, with trou~

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largely experimental. The peddlers

had fully six-months' noticeof the in-

tentions of the farmers and were fairly

dealt with. ‘ I

When $50,000 in stock had been sub-

scribed the Grand Rapids Dairy Com.

pany began doing business. A modern

fireproof building has been erected on

Scribner avenue, near the heart of the

city, equipped with pasteurizlng, but-





ter-making, bottle-sterilizing and other T





machinery, with investment in plant





-aud equipment offlupwards Of $100,000.





Starting with fifteen retail delivery

wagons there are thirty in use now

and the company is supplying about.

one-third of the milk consumed in

Grand Rapids. The members are get-

ting twenty-five cents for their milk

and they should have thirty cents, ac«

cording to present prices of feed, la-

bor, etc. Milk is retailing in Grand

Rapids for ten cents, skim-milk four

cents, buttermilk six cents, Coffee

cream ten cents per one-half pint,

whipping cream twenty cents, cottage

cheese fifteen cents per pound, butter

at market price. All these products

are carried on the retail wagons.



Milk is the cheapest food product in

Grand Rapids today. The producers

realize that it is too cheap and that

whole milk should bring at least

twelve cents retail, but at the time the

Grand Rapids Dairy Company was

formed, outside of one company, which

was getting eleven cents, milk was be-

ing sold here at.- nine and ten cents. It

would have been a hard matter for the

new company to do business at twelve

cents on the start, and then the “trust”

talk would have been loud and clam-

orous. g



The Grand Rapids Dairy Company is

no trust and there has been no thought

of “trust” methods, such as getting

control of the local milk situation and

then boosting prices. All meetings

have been ,open to the public and all

its books of record are open to disin—

terested people. Each stockholder

must own at least one share of $100

and is limited to ten shares. Stock

pays six per cent dividends.



There are about fifty peddlers in





Grand Rapids. While extreme taimess‘





was shown to the distributors who

have had to retire because their sup-

ply of milk was shut 011’, a few of

then have been shouting “trust” from

the housetops. Through sympathy

some of the City officials and the city
’ ,tini/z: hostile towards the .-n





If we are selfish or even careless, we





pany. The producers want only a fair

and living price fer their godds and

they feel that all people should give

suppert to a movement that is honestly

headed ‘towards providing a cheaper,

cleaner and~ better food product by

eliminating antiquated and costly

methods of production and distribution

The herds of members are tuberculin





tested, barns are kept sanitary and all '





city milk is pasteurized. Best equip-





 





ment as to bottling and handling is





used. The farmer who retails his own

milk naturally has deeper interest in





proper sanitation and in selling a pure





product, hence this experiment ought

to succeed. It is based on the right

principle—Lthat of direct dealing be-

tween producer and consumer~with

elimination of unnecessary middlemen.





The Grand Rapids Dairy Company

has met with all the troubles incident





to the new COOperative concern, and -





then some more seemingly by way of

good measure. The initial investment

ran far \ahead of all estimates, due to

the soaring war prices. Then there





was serious trouble with'the‘manage- it,

ment, conceded to be the keystone to ‘, ,

. any business enterprise. '





The manager

was let out and with him went some





’ of the office force, thus demoralizing ‘:"' '-._

An appeal

was made to the state dairy and food .

commission, the state agricultural col-

legeand the federal bureau of markets ;





the factory organization.





with the result that skilled aid was se-

cured in this emergency.





the federal bureau.





seems to indicate that members were

paid about five cents more per gallon

for their milk than conditions warrant—

ed at the start.



For many weeks the company has

had milk suflicient to supply the city

and the problem has been to take care

of the surplus to advantage. All ship-





A cost ac- ‘7‘."

counting system has been installed by '

The books of the . .

company were audited and no shortage 7“ _’ ' ‘

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ping has been tied up by snow stormsI

or otherwise much of the milk might;

have been sent to the condensaries!

The surplus milk has been made into:k

butter and Ma loss because of lack of’

facilities to dispose of by—products, the

skim-milk and buttermilk, to advan-

tage. This loss is a serious matter and

men’aces the very life of the organiza-

tion. This leak must be stopped, and

soon. Plans‘ are being laid to make

cheese, the basement of the plant be-

ing admirably fitted for this purpose,

so that the surplus by-products in large

or small quantities may be profitably

taken care of at any time.





The company is doing some adver-

tising of its products in the local news-

papers, in street cars and in other

ways and plans to do more in the way

of intelligent publicity. It is realized>

that the main problem is right man-’

agement, President Willard, Secretary

Hunsberger and the seven directors

are level-headed, progressive farmers,

who are doing their best for the organ-‘

ization during its trying .days. The

whole country is watching Grand Rap-

ids in this new milk deal. It is a pa-

triotic movement along the line of

more economical operations, the cut-

ting out of middlemen and reduction

of waste. A similar cooperative ex-

periment has been successful at Erie,

Pa.,'after ten years’ trial, and stock in

this company of milk producers is now

said to be selling at three times its par

value. Eric is very nearly large as

Grand Rapids and we do not know of

any other Cities where this cooperative

plan ofvselling dairy products is being

followed.





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In terms of farm products, fertilizers cost less today than in 1914.

Fertilizers paid you then—they will pay you better now.





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F "Food will Win the War,” every

householder. who owns or can con-





our country, for no one knows the pos-

Isibillties of an acre.

At the recent International Live





an exhlblt‘of vegetables being:



(a), Stored in a “cave” in the back

yard in those ciises in which the collar

was too warm forthem to keep well:



(b) Being easily and, satisfactorily

dried by use of. home-made appliances,

and at slight cost, and in a condition

to be stored in paper bags.



Few gardens produce to the marl-

mum amount because yield is reduced





' through ravages of insect pests before





whose antics we stand aghast and help

less. However, these insects need not

be allowed to run amuck among the

tender things that we have planned for

by the winter fireside, and have

brought into being with such an expen-

diture of cash, time, and backache;

for, the entomologist, or bug man, at

our agricultural college, has shown us

how to “put a crimp” in the actions of

Mister Insect.

Get Acquainted with the “Bugs."



But we generally don’t know the in-

sect, nor the method of control if we

do recognize him; so we see our young

onions, squashes, cucumbers, et a1,

melt away.



The bulletins plainly show by word

and picture how to identify the pest;

and he who will read can find tested

antidotes.



It seems to the writer that it would

be nearly as much comfort to farmer

folk, Whose children, in many in-

stances, comprise half the enrollment

of the village high School, if John and

Mary could promptly state the name of

a garden pest and unerringly prescribe

the standard treatment, as to have

them discern the factors in an alge-

braic problem or to translate another

chapter in a German classic.



Gardens Need Humus.



Few gardens give as many months

of service as they should, because the

mvner does not study a succession of

planting. For instanCe, early peas can

be planted among potatoes or squashes

and be out of the way by the time the

main crop needs the room. Father,

mother and children will find new zest

and interest in the garden through

studying our new plans for succes-

sions. . 7



Few gardens produceto the maxi-

mum for the reason that fertility is

not sufficiently attended to. No one

knows the possibilities of an acre.

About the only demonstrations we Am~

ericans have of busy gardens are when

we see one owned by some one born

across the sea. But we are quick and

adaptable; and I venture to predict

that the American garden is about‘to

undergo a large improvement.



Most gardens need more humus.

In the southern half of the state,





' where the ‘fall is long. the delightful,





dreamy Indian summer days are ac-

cented by the blaze of burning leaves.

To this day the Writer never smells

the delightful fragrance of burning ma~

ple leaves, nor views the wreath of

smoke floating lazily upward in the

ward in the hazy autumn that he is

not instantly and irresistibly carried

back in memory to halcyon days, long

gone, when, back in old Constantine

it was fun to heap up the abundant

leaves from the majestic maples. make

the bright bon fire, gather soft-shelled

hickory, nuts, and go to school with





. hands, hair, and clothing smelling of





smoke, and thus appeal to the dying

barbarian within us. It is a practice





. almost imy man would like to Indulge





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almost unlimited opportunity to aid





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it for he Would be wasting precious





fertility and. humus that is now so _





much needed.

A Form of Plant SanitntIOn.

Though the writer believes in burn-

ing potato tops, various vines and trim:





mings as a precaution against the





spread of plant disease, sacrificing bu.

mus for plant sanitation, they should

be burned in the fall in small piles that

the lime and the potash of the ashes

may be evenly spread.



Next spring, that part. of the leaves

raked up in the spring cleaning, that

can be spread on the garden plat with-

out making too thick an application

should be so applied and plowed in.



The decaying leaves return much

fertility to the soil, ”while their value

as decaying organic matter or humus

in the soil can scarcely be estimated;

for it adds to the power of a soil to

hold moisture to be given up later to

plants; humus makes a sandy soil loss

leachy, and a troublesome clay soil

less compact and easier to manage;

humus is a' source of the indispensable

nitrogen, and is a cheap way for most

of us to get it.





_ An Excess of Leaves.



Though advocating the value of

leaves, their use may be overdone.

A large part of the enormous amount

of water necessary to grow a plant

rises from below by capillarity. Should

leaves in excess be plowed into the

soil they serve as a blanket, both from

their amount and from their'flat, easy

compacting form, preventing the rise

of the optimum amount of water to the

waiting plant roots.



Leaves not needed should be used to

start a compost heap in a corner, out

of sight. The clippings of the lawn,

beyond those needed as green feed for

hens, should be added to this compost

heap. Some day this compost heap

will serve as a welcome source of

fertility.



Through the use of leaves, lawn clip-

pings, compost, heap, wood ashes, and

the contents of the dry earth closet,

the typical village ”garden and most

farm gardens can be kept at a high

stage of fertility.



It acid phosphate is added at the

rate of 250 pounds per acre, a marked

improvement will be noticed. '



We do not need 'to say, “My garden

did not do very well, because I did not

find anyone to haul me a load of ma~

nure.” We can fertilize our own gar-

den, if we will.



A Good Method of Fertilization.



In the typical village garden, let the

owner spread his wood ashes over half-

from fall till spring. Over the other

half daily empty the contents of the

pail from the dry earth closet that

should be attached to every village

and country home, plenty of fine dry

chip dirt or dry earth being used as

an unsurpassed absorbent and deo~

dorizer.



Liquid excreta has twice .the fertiliz-

ing value possessed by solid, and can

nowhere do less harm than when ap-

plied to the absorbent earth.



If hens are kept, spread thin the

cleanings from the hen house on the

part treated from the dry earth closet.

Next year reverse the order. Do not

mix ashes and excreta.



It is presumed that the tops, vines

and trimmings were burned in the full,

and the garden plowed just before the

ground, freezes, and left unraked or

undragged; How much nicer it is to

look out of the window all winter up-

on a. neatly plowed garden lot, with its

uniform furrows and clean surface,

than upon any untidy, bellttered garden.

with grinning, ghastly cabbage stamp:





and staggering sunflower stalks. #15)

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various stages, are turned to the top

to'be frozen Or eaten by birds.



’In the Spring 'apply a moderate coat

of‘ leaves and plow in.



What, two plowings?



Yes, tillage is manure.



Don’t expect much fertility from the

coal ashes. Their effect will be to im-

prove the mechanical condition of the .

soil.’



The lime ;of the hardwood ashes

will hasten the, decay of the leaves, be-

sides being needed by the plants.



The potash of the ashes might bet-

ter be saved than bought.



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Hogs in the Orchard.





I have a peach and apple orchard

of about six,acres.. The peach trees

are four and the apple trees are three

years old next spring. Previously_1t

has been cropped but is: quite fertile.

I would like to sew alfalfa next spring

and then pasture as many hogs as I

could properly finish off in the fall.



Hillsdale Co. A. L. B.



We doubt the advisability of follow-





ing the practice you mention. It is

very essential for peach trees, especial-

ly young ones, to have thorough cul-

tivation. Young apple trees will also

do much better if they are cultivated.



If your trees are far enough apart,



, I would suggest that you sow the

space between the rows with alfalfa

and then pasture as you suggest, but I

would leave a space'of about three or

four feet on each side of the tree row

which I would cultivate. There is one

objection to this plan, and that is that

the hogs might root in the newly cul-

tivated ground, and thus disturb the

trees;



One man, who has had considerable

experience in \pasturing hogs in or-

chards, says that if the pasture is sup-

plemented with other feed so that the

hogs will get all they want, they will

do little rooting.



One grower I know has been very

successful in growing alfalfa hay in

his orchard by a method similar to the

one suggested above. He leaves suffi-

cient space on- each side of the tree

row for cultivation, and each year cuts

off a strip .of sod, and thus widens the

space to be cultivated. Such alfalfa is

cut for hay the same as other fields.



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’ There was a time when the average



farm orchard did not pay the interest

on the money invested but that time

is forever past. The orchard is truly



a valuable part of any farm besides

its productiveness, it has still another

value perhaps greater—that of beauti-

fying the farm. A good orchard, pro-

ductive, cultivated and well kept, has

been the direct means of selling many

farms during very recent years.



In order to have a productive or-

chard and one that is in a good grow-

ing healthy condition, we must care

for it. Howeved, the average orchard

receives perhaps less care than any

single crop otherwise grown on the

farm. The greatest thing of import-

ance in the average orchard is more

pruning, cultivating, and spraying.

Pruning shapes up the trees and keeps

down disease which is very important.





 





Cultivation encourages growth and a1~ -





so turns the orchard into making an

extra profit from growing vegetables

each season. A cultivated orchard al-

ways produces more fruit than one .not

cultivated. This is a fact proven many

times over, the only-objection perhaps

to cultivation is the fact that the ap-

ples do not color up and make quite

as good an appearance when placed on

the market at least some growers





think so, but from my own experience .

(“lam convinced that cultivation pa'ys





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‘ N the present crisis which con-

fronts this country, the full gravity feeds.

of which is just becoming realized ing .is a very prominent part of the



g in ifs true aspects, nothing stands out farming industry, there were 13,310,268



more clearly to the deep thinking land milch cows in 1914, whereas the official



owner than the great need there is for report for 1916 showed a decrease of





 

 

 

 





live stock breeding. Already "‘meat- the war. \

less days” are giving notice of the in- This means that when the war is





ply with meat the needs of our own home to pick up the threads of their

people and those of the nations of lives again, there will be no nation in

Europe who are allied with us in the Europe that will be in a position to as-

tremendous struggle which has been sist, to any great‘extent, in restocking

imposed upon the world by a ruthless, the breeding herds of these countries

autocratic government seeking to de- wh'ere live stock has been so nearly

stroy the principles of democracy and wiped out. ‘\

personal freedom wherever feund. A Look Into the Future.

That this inability on the part of the And these countries if they would

blgeeders of live stock to supply suffi- feed their people must have live stock

cient meat to the nations of the world in order to keep up the fertility of

will become more and more pronounc- their land as well as to provide meats

'ed during the next two years, regard- and fats. In both Germany and Aus-

less of whether or not the war comes tria every cow, ewe or sow and a good-

to a close during that period, is beyond ly number of the males raised during

the range of doubt. Whether in war the first three orfoul‘ years after the

or in peace, the peOples of the earth war, will be used for rebuilding the

will clamor for meat and it will be im- breeding industry. In France this will

possible in two years or three years, also be true in a lesser degree and in

even if the breeding industry is stimu- Belgium and Serbia even the founda-

lated to the degree hoped for, but tion animals for breeding will have to

hardly expected, to give to the world be secured from other countries.

the supply of meat the people were ac The growing of cereal crops will,

customed to before the outbreak of this however, be commenced at once in the

Titanic struggle. " warring countries of Europe when they

Points to be Considered. turn to peace again, and that means.

It' is not alone the fact that the that, while the prices for cereal crops

world is confronted with an alarming Will dl‘OD t0 lower figures, there Will

scarcity of meats, milk, butter, cream, Still continue to be a shortage in cat-

cheese, wool and hides that concerns tle. sheep and hogs with no prospect

the farmers of the United States, al- for noticeably lower prices on meat

though it will be their task to amelior- and dairy DYOdUCtS for three or four





 





 





 





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ate the present conditions by an in- years at least; in fact, if historykre-

creased production of live stock. In- peats itself, as may be expected, there

dissolubly connected with these condi- Will be a considerable period Of time

tions are other facts of equal ilnport- after .the war. when grain Will be low

ance when looking,toothe return from in price—«compared With present prices

the farmer’s viewpoint. - —whlle the products of the dairyman



First, it is impossible to keep the and the feeder of beef cattle, sheep and





‘ soil up to the highest degree of pro. ‘swine will Continue to bi'ing high pric~‘





ductiveness without keeping live stock es. It is needless t0 say that such

through which a large proportion of conditions will greatly favor the farm-

the crops grown may be converted into ers who prepare DOW tO- take advan-

high-priced beef, pork, mutton, dairy 1889 Of them.

products or their allied branches; also Sign: of the Times.

to” return to the soil the manurial fer- , And this 18 what far‘seeing farmers

tilizers for which there are no satisfac- are doing. In the endeavor to increase

tory or economical substitutes. the productiveness of their 2 herds

Second, there is not the shadow of dairymen have been, and are, paying

doubt but that it will be- the United record prices for bulls with a maternal

States to which the war-scourged na- ancestry of highly-tested cows back of

tions of Europe will come when the them and there has never been a time

war is over to secure breeding stock When females that have made superla-

to replenish their decimated herds and “V8 teStS have brought 80 much mon-

flocks. ey as they are bringing at the present

The European Situation. time. During the past two years a

From the best information obtain- half dozen Holstein-Friesian bulls have

able, Germany had, ‘at the comm’ence- 801d at prices ranging from $20,000 llil

ment of the war between 24,000,000 to a trifle over $50,000 each, While Val-

and 25,000,000 head of cattle. When ues correSpondingly high have been

war was declared she set aside 3,000,- registered for Guernseys, Jerseys and

000 head for breeding and milking pur- AyrshireS- '

poses, leaving about 16,000,000 head to In the -beef breeds similar condi-

furnish food for her soldiers and the tions exist. During the sales which

population at home. Figures which followed the recent International Ex-

became available late in 1916—there position in Chicago, fifty-eight head of

have been no figures received since Herefords sold for an average of $1,774

then—indicated that of the 16,000,000 Der head, one bull selling for $31,000.

head of cattle set aside for food pur- Fifty-three head of Shorthorns sold for





- poses. less than 5,000,000 remained. an average 0f $1,090 per head, and





In view of these figures it seems rea- thirtY‘fOUI‘ 'head of Aberdeen-Angus

sonable to believe that by this time brought an_averase of $1.005 per head.

Germany is in possession of few if any Men who a few years ago disposed

cattle outside the 8,000,000 which w‘ere of their sheep are now restocking in





reserved for breeding and milking this branch of breeding at prices more

purposes.





, than double those received when they

No authoritative figures have come sold out and the advance in values on





from Austria but in,view of what is swine has been even greater.

known .about the conditions in Ger-

many it is safe to say that Austria has or now is not. only to produce more

but a, small surplus of cattle left now cattle, more sheep and more hogs, but:

if .she has any at all.

course, there are practically no cattle hogs. While there, will he‘s ready sale

left and the same may be said of the for all stock that can be converted '

situation in Serbia.

greatest dairy county among the Eu— ducts; whether or not produced at.»





The problem of the live stock breed-

In Belgium, of also to produce better-cattle, sheep and





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been-sold because [of the high price‘of

In Denmark, too,_ where dairy-





a decided and country-wide increase in 169,022 during the first two years of,





ability of our herds and flocks to sup— over and the men in the armies go.
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which have been obtained as a result

of the selection of individuals of merit

for one generation after another to

mate with other individuals selected

because of their possesSion of similar

inherited qualities. "



Performance the New Standard.



There was a time when pedigree, as

it referred to live stock, was simply a

record of an animal’s ancestors. Today

it means something vastly different.

It is true that it still remains a record

of an animal’s ancestors, but it is Some-

thing m01e. Performance—or demon-

strated me1it—today gobs hand in hand

with pedigree. A dairy animal may

have a pedigi ee made up of five or six

generations of pure- -bre'd ancestors, but

unless the merit of those ancestms has

been established by auth01itative tests,

tests which showed them to be in pos-

session of the inherent power to pro-

duce milk or butter-fat prolifically, the

pedigree made up of their blood lines

possesses no value to the dairyman

who is aiming to make his herd pro-

ductive and profitable in the highest

degree.



Performance and pedigree do not go

hand in hand with the beef breeds nor

with sheep nor swine, in the same

meaning of the term, as when it is

used in connection with the dairy

breeds because 0f the fact that the de-

1 elopment of the function of producing

milk and butter-fat affords an opportu-





afforded by the conversion of an ani-

mal into meat. In this last mentioned

.case the end of an animal proves its

possession orlack of the qualities de-

sired while in the case of the dairy

cow, her life and the record she makes

day by day or month by month is pre-

served and is used as a guide by breed-

ers in the selection of individuals to

improve their herds.

Quality the Slogan.

On the other hand, inherited quali-

ties are more plainly shown 'in outward

form, in the case of animals bred for

meat production than in those of the

dairy breeds. Constant and intelligent

selection, with a knowledge of the pot-

ent qualities possessed by the animal’s

ancestors, meaning their power to

transmit the anatomy best adapted to

the acquirement of flesh in the parts

furnishing the choice cuts of meat; the

temperament which permits eaily and

rapid growth; the vitality which will

enable the animal to convert large

quantities of food into bodily fat in-

stead of butter-fat or muscle, are the

matters which are considered along

with pedigree by the breeders of the





meat producing breeds and the com—‘ "





bination is almost as definite a guide

in pointing the way to further improve-

ment as performance and pedigree is

to the dairyman.

The Breeders’ Opportunity.

The whole world will at the close of

the war. be demanding, not only dairy

products, beef, mutton, pork, wool and

hides, but it will also be demanding

breeding stock to rehabilitate the deci-

mated herds and flocks. Whether the

aim is to supply the food products or

the stock to help upbuild the breeding

industry, the pedigree in which record-

ed performance and intelligent selec-

tion are factors must be the main de-

pendence. No dairyman,'no grower of

beef cattle or of swine or sheep can

'hope to follow the old hibor-miss sys-

tem of breeding and secure anything

like the results which will be secured

by the man Whose herd or flock is

made up Of animals in which demon-

strated productive capacity, as shown





by pedigree, is the keystone; and if.





the object is to secure a share of the

. money that will be paid for breeding

animals to restock the European coun-





nine of pedigree as a demon- ‘7 I

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As soon as the oflicers of the state

association were entrusted with the

responsibility of arranging contracts

. with the distributors, the Michigan

Milk Commission was brought into be-

ing. Thepersonnel of this commission

was such as to at once gain the confi-

dence of producers and consumers

alike. The members were: J. Walter

Drake, chairman, President Hubmobile

C0.; Ex-Governor Fred M. Warner,

Prof. A. C. Anderson, Dean of Dairy

Division of the Michigan Agricultural

College, J. N. McBride, Michigan State

Market Director, 1. R. Waterbury, mem-

ber of the State Board of Agriculture

and EditorOin—Chief of the Michigan

Farmer, Fred L. Vl’oodworth, State

Dairy and Food Commissioner, Frank

X. Martel, representing the Detroit

Federation of 'Labor, and Mrs. R. M.





'9‘” Grindley, representing the Detroit Fed«





eration of Women’s Clubs. .

As a result of the efforts of this body

a compensatory price was secured for

the'milk producers of the Detroit area.

Thus it happened that the first fruits

of the work of the state association ap

peared to fully justify the faith of the

leaders of the state as well as of many

of the Detroit area locals incoordina-

ing the work and efforts of producers

throughout the state.



A movement has also been started

toward advertising to the Detroit peo-

ple the virtues of milk as an item in





eral belief that a broader knowledge





late a more liberal use of the product,





cently advanced prices, in milk than in





the old plan of organization this adven-

tising program would have been diffi-





the cooperation of the widely scattered





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RODUC-ERS 0t milk in' the Dem tion orthébiocsinuhemcnigas Milk' ‘





area are inst . new setting their Pioducers’ Association. which contribr ’ ‘





organization work on an eflec- ute to the Detroit district, we are ap-





pending herewith a list,» together with

the names of the presidents and see-

retaries:





Officers of Local Milk Producer-f Asso-

ciation in Detroit Area.

'Adair, 0. Lindsay, president; Carl



Greenberg, secretary.

Addison, Leroy T. Smith, president;

Bernard P. Phillips, secretary.

Almont, Alex. T. Mair, president.

Base Line, J. W. Cole, secretary.

Beech, George Bench, president; F.

Gleason, secretary.





Bell Branch, L. A. Newman, presi- '





dent; George W. Burt, secretary.



Belleville, Chas. Evans, president;

Steven Pearl, secretary. * .



Birch Run, W. J. Newman, presi‘

dent; Chas. B. Forrest, secretary.



Birmingham, J. H. Broughton, pres-'

ldent; A. H. Beebe, secretary.



Brighton, Chas. Pless, president;

Carl Birkenstock, secretary.



Britten, Leon ‘Exelby, president; W.

A. Rockington, secretary.



Cady,» Joseph - Murphy, president;

George Eppler, secretary. '

Canton, C. E.’ Van Vleet, secretary.

Chelsea, Roy E. lves, secretary. .‘

Cherry Hill, E. W. Moyer, president;

E. C. Pooles, secretary. '



Clarenceville, Chas. Erwin, prem-

dent; Wm. Thornton, secretary.



Clayton, W. E. Baker, president. __



Cohoctah, K. Wrigglesworth, presi‘

dent; Herbert Brown, secretary.



Davis, R. G. Potts, president; Irving

Ellis, secretary.



Dearborn, R. R. Pointer, president.



Denton, Frank Van Tassel, presr

dent; Chas. A. Freeman, secretary.



Dundee, F. A. Bordine, president;

Earl Stowell, secretary.



Elm, Harry. Wolfrom,

Wm. Garchow, secretary.



Eureka, John Galloway, president.



Farmington, Chas. Erwin, president;

Carl Ely, secretary. ‘



Fenton, Clare S. Severance, pres»

dent; C. E. Haskell, secretary.





president;





Flint, L. C. Ketzler, president; W. T. ‘





Hill, secretary.



Fowlerville, Ralph Carr, secretary.



Frazer, F. Fostam, secretary.



Flat Rock, F. F. Peters, president;

Cairon Metler, secretary.



Gilt Edge, Wm. Harlan, president;

Edw. Millard, secretary. ‘



Hadley, Dewey C. Pierson, secretary.



Hand Station, Henry Theis, presi-

dent; F. A. Schuman, secretary.



Highland, Bert Wardlow, president;

G. C. Kinney, secretary.



Holland, F. M. Pronty, president; L.

F. Kittemiorf, secretary.



Holly, Chas. Swegles,

George Clarke, secretary.



Howell, N. E. Dunning, president;

Guy Borden, secretary.



Imlay City, John J. Hunt, president;

H. F. Hovey, secretary.



Inkster, Wm. Lathers, president; E.

M. Stewart, secretary.



Lambertville, H. L. Deland, presi-

dent; F. J. Hull, secretary.



Meade,‘ Wm. Hagen, president; Geo.

Richards secretary.



Milfor , A. L. Johnson, president;

M. A. Mastick, secretary.



Mt. Clemens, J. C, Miller, president;

Bert Shattuck, secretary.



New Boston, Ernest Gumpton, pres-

ident; J. A. ‘Herman, secretary.



Newburg, Wm. Farley, president.



New Haven, W. Downer, president;

H. L. Keener, secretary. ,



New Hudson, E. Davis, president;

Burton Bunn, secretary.



North Farmington, Hartwell Green,

president; Fred Portus, secretary .



Northville, M. N. Johnson, president;

E. H. Ash, secretary.



Ortonville, Claude Owen, president;

Jesse Blow, secretary. _



Perrinsville, Isaac Innes, president,





president;





the human diet. There is a very gen- 50h“ F- Beyer, secretary.





Petersburg, Fred Knopf, secretary.

Plymouth, C. E. McClumpha, presi<





of the food value of milk will stimu— dent; Edw. Hirschberger, secretary.





.Powers, Jesse Hake, president: A.





since the elements of nutrition can ,be 3' Schroeder, secretary. ‘





Preston, Nelson Bower, president;

. Bird, secretary.

Ray Center, J. Hartway, president;





any other staple food products. Under Albert Goldenstine, secretary.





Redford, Edw. Clinton, president;





Alex. McKenzie, secretary.





Rochester, H. B. Wattles, president;





cult to finance, but through not only Chas. D. Hartley, secretary.





Rockwood, Newport Post Road, Chas.





locals whose members are delivering Lantenschlager, secretary“





Romeo, H. Throop, president; DIE.





milk to the DetrOit distributors, but Frast’secretaryz





Romulus, S. M. Prouty, president;





‘ producers and the distributors, has- it J01“! 9- Piper, .secretary.





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work of late winter is the most



dreaded of all the year. Then it

is that the breeding season comes .on,

especially if a late fall or early winter

calf crop is expected. Likewise, the

subject of pastures is one that forces

itself 'to- the front as the cattle have

been' kept up all winter and are anx-

ious to plant their feet on terra firma

once again. This year, the increasing

costs of grain rations for the cows

make it necessary for the dairyman to

go carefully over his inventory of

ideas to discover if there is any feas-

ible way to diminish the quantity of

grains that seem to be so necessary to

the maintenance of a creditable milk

flow. Moreover, he who sees a few

inches further than the end of his nose

will be thinking about the midsummer

season of short, pasture and will be

‘planning on crops which may be put

in to supplement these pastures and

tide the animals over until fall pas-

ture comes on in abundance.



Fall‘or Spring Calves.



The spring calf is the ‘one most com-

monly met.‘ Despite this fact, his

brother born in the fall has the better

of him in many different’ respects.

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have all the cows freshen in the fall,

it is certainly desirable from many

viewpoints. It has been proven long

since that the cow freshening in the

fall will produce from one-fourth to

one—fifth more milk than the same cow

freshening in the spring. And why

shouldn't she? While the calf is still

young, the mother secretes the milk

copiously, and this, taken together

with the silage, keep up the flowall

winter. Spring, with the attendant

green grass further stimulates the

dairy matron. Thus there is a con-

stant and continuous urge until the pe-

riod of short’ pastures. Then while the

owner is busy making hay, plowing

corn and harvesting grain, the cow

kindly vdesists from milk giving and al-

lows her owner to enjoy the balmy

breezes of a midsummer evening in

preference to sweltering in the torrid

heat radiating from a cow with a. full

stomach, a distended udder and a turb-

ulent, fly-tossed tail.

/ Moreover, the cows that freshen in

the spring add insult to injury by giv-

ing'milk most copiously just at a time

when the priée of milk, butter and

their derivatives are lowest in price.

The fact that the cows give most

through. fall freshening and that this.

preduct is worth much more during the

winter are reasons sufficient to make

any self-respecting dairyman change

the old/order of things. .

But that is not all. I find that fall

~ calves can.be raised much more easily

’ thanispflngkcalges. The calf pails are

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they grow and thrive and spring finds

them ready to go on pasture without

fear of scours. Lice are to be feared,

especially if the calves are kept» in a

dark place. Not that 'the dark place

brings the lice into being but in such

an environment they develop more

rapidly and are harder to get. rid of.

I have used several of the advertised

louse powders and any of them do the

business.



The late winter is the time to plan

on setting all the cows back so that in

two years, all of them will calve in the

fall. While the usual thing is for the

cow to reproduce every twelve months,

my observation is that absolutely no

harm results from the reproductive

process being repeated every ten

months for two years if the cows are

well fed. When I say well fed, I don’t

mean running about the straw 'stack.

I refer to a bushel basket full of silage

morning and night, a liberal hay feed

at noon and a six to eight pound daily

grain supplement. Under this feeding,





quent reproduction. While not advo-

cating this as a general practice, to

have the animals bearing their young





 





in the fall will greatly overbalance any

loss of milk the owner imight suffer

through this practice carried on for

two years.

‘Let Pastures Get Good Start.‘

After the long, cold winter with its

many attendant dark days in many sta-





bles, the cattle will be anxious to get»





their feet on the ground. Ordinary

springs, the temptation is keen to let

the cows onto the pastures as soon as

they look green; this spring, the temp-

tation will be much keener. The cat-

tle will tease harder and feed will un-

doubtedly be scarcer.



The man who, in a fit of economy,

opens the gate to the pasture before it

is able to carry the load is lost. He

will immediately curtail his milk pro-

duction, the pasture will be irrepar-

ably damaged with nothing of value to

show for it. Grass may be green with-

out being nourishing; also, cattle may

eat it with avidity even though it lacks

body.





As a long established fact, the early _





grass is neither nourishing nor satisfy-

ing. While it will stimulate a greater

milk flow for a few days, the stimula-

tion is of a temporary nature and is

not founded upon any added nourish-

ment which the cows get by virtue of

the green, washy grass they consume.

Then one should not lose sight of the

fact that‘the grass blades are the lungs

and stomach of the plant. In other

words, unless the leaves get an oppor-

tunity for expansion and development,

they fail in their function of cembining

the carbon dioxide of the atmosphere





   

 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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IEWED from every angle, the De Laval is distinctly in a





class by itself. It has a business-like appearance. It looks as



if it were well made, and it is. It looks sturdy, and it is.

There is no make—believe about it anywhere, from the wide-spreading

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It's no wonder that big dairymen and creamerymen who have

for years made a careful study of dairy methods and machinery refuse

to consider any other separator but the De Laval. They know that

from every angle—clean skimming, ease of operation, freedom from

repairs, durability—there is no other cream separator that can com-

pare with the De Laval.





They know that it has a record of 40 years of service behind

it. They know that it can be depended upon. They know that

they can’t afford to take chances with any other cream separator—-



And neither can you.



Order your De annl now and let it begin saving cream for you right



away. Remember that a De Laval may be bought for cash or on such





liberal terms as to save its own cost. See the local De Laval agent, or

if you don’t know him. write to the nearest De Laval office as below. '





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ilk-account. Destroy the start at starting

and the account is worthless—let the

gta'rtxrun’ awhile and the account be-

: comes a. source of satisfaction and a

fund forever. In the same way the

,_ leaves must be allowed to get some

‘ ,. plant food manufactured before the

' supply can be legitimately drawn upon.





, ,Many pastures are ruined each year

through being perforated by the stock

[in early spring. In such cases, the

_ plant roots are crushed and they cease

.. tqfunction normally until well along in

the season. A herd of cattle in a wet

pasture for a single day can ruin the

prospects for two weeks’ feeding a lit-

tle later on. '





Late Summer Soiling Crops.





Abundant feed for a while and then

a scarcity of feed will not suffice to

keep a draiy cow at her maximum pro-

duction. If at all possible, the supply

of pasture should at all times be kept

ample for the animals that must go to

grass each day. And so it becomes

the part of good,'dai1-y, long-distance

wisdom to plan now on that portion of

the late summer which is ordinarily

one of extremely short pastures and

what there are is of poor quality. Com—

monly, the last two weeks in July and

the first two in August see a dearth of

good pastures. It is necessary to grow

something to bridge over the gap be-

tween the abundant pastures of early

summer and those of early autumn.





While not generally in favor of soil-

ing crops for the dairy cows, neverthe-

less a soiling crop it must be since

there is no feasible combination which

Will insure pasture at, this time under

the conditions which usually rule.

True, some years oats planted about

the first of June make good supple-

mentary pasture, but two weeks of dry

weather in June puts all this at naught.

More dependable than this combina-

tion, however, is one of oats and cow-

peas planted "together about June 1.

I have seen this combination in use

several times and ordinarily it fills the

bill.



Wilted alfalfa hay is a No. 1 supple—

mentary soiling crop but since this

queen of hays rules on so few farms,

we must of necessity turn to that fav-

ored disciple of King Corn—sweet

corn.





 





 

 

 

 

 





 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





EXPRESS» TRAINS FOR DAIRY

FEED.





 





Freight congestion resulting from



weather and car shortage has produc—



, ed an acute feed situation in the east,



particularly in New York and New Eng-



‘ land. To relieve these sections where



‘ severe pressure was developing, the



Food Administration has perfected ar-



rangements for a system of express



feed trains to take care of the threat-

ened shortage.



Even the priority plan did not pre-

vent single cars marked “permitted"

being caught in the freight block and

causing serious delay. To out such a

.. car out of a train of forty cars and give

it the preference ordered meant hours

of delay in switching at intermediary

yards. It is believed that the solid

train- method will relieve this situation.





Since the latter part of January, sol-

iid trains of prepared feed from the

corn and flour mills of the middle

west, have been rushed east on fast

These trains move under

«spools! orders and are subject to no

~ interruption in transportation except

those due to weather conditions. The

solid train of feed is dispatched to dis-

" rating centers and there radiated off.

. {in-c flats to surrounding towns to meet

' shortage. In the two weeks fol~

is» the inauguration of this plan,



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(Continued from page 284).



Sand Creek, Evans Russell, presi-

dent; A. B. Graham, secretary.



Senica, J. P. Rorick, president; W.

S. Hurley, secretary. ' .



Sheldon, C. E. Van Vleet, president.



Somerset, Leroy Smith, president.



Southfleld, Chas. Bilkouski, secre-

tary. ' “



South Lyon, H. C. Peters, president;

J. E. Biederstadt, secretary.



South Rockwood, Albert Root, sec-

rotary.



State Line,‘Elmer Spence, secretary.



Stark. J. Kincade, president; Grant

‘Robbins, secretary. ' .



Starkweather, Milo N. Johnson, pres-

ident; F. A. Northrop, secretary.



Stony Creek, R. G. Vivian, president;

Harry Willing, secretary.



Swegles, C. Swegles, secretaryfi



Trenton, Louie Dietz, president; G.

A. Knight, secretary.



Utica. Wm. Carr; Wm.

W. Drake, secretary. .



Wallaceville, Fred Nowlar, secre-

tary.



Warren and Sterling, J. A. Rinkie,

president; Jacob F. Hartsig, secretary.



Wayne, Clifford Tinkham, president;

Allen Beard, secretary.



Wixom, Burt Bunn, secretary.



Members will also be interested in

having before them the officers of the

Michigan Milk Producers’ Association.

They are: N, P. Hull, Lansing, pres-

ident; C. F._Hainiine, Alma, vice-pres-

ident; R. C. Reed, Howell, secretary;

H. WW. Norton, Howell, treasurer. The

acting officer of the association is Field

Superintendent R. C. Reed, who can be

addressed at Howell. The directors of

the association are: M. L. Noon, of

Jackson; Milo Campbell, Goldwater;

John C. Ketcham, Hastings; F. J. New-

man, Birch Run; M. W. Willard, Grand

Rapids: Chas. Evans, Belleville; F. F.

Consull, Mt. Pleasant; C. S. Bartlett,

Pontiac; John C. Near, Flat Rock.





 

   

   

   

 





 





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'McClure Compan

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More non-conducting to heat and

cold than any silo ever made of

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outgoing air —— cleanliness is assured.

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resisting glass—will not break easily when

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Prices so low it will astonish you.

Write toda for circular - No. 370

describing e new Liberty Silo.





Since the first of the year this is the second announcement

made by The McClure Company in the interests of the

conservation of the agricultural resources of the nation—-

another achievement aimed at the more successful prose-

cution of the war, making possible the building of more

silos quickly, at low cost, and thereby increasing the feed-' '

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Recently we placed before you the McClure Milkerua scien-

tific milking machine that saves time and labor in the dairy.

N ow we have developed the Liberty Silo.





The Liberty Silo frees more acres for the production of food ‘

stuifs. With a silo you can feed more stock per acre than

by the old method. This has been proven time and time

again over a period of many years.





The Liberty Silo is'a product of The McClure Company.

old and successful silo manufacturers. We know silo con-

struction and your needs, and the “Liberty” is designed

along sound engineering principles. . .





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GeneralCrandall sat at his desk and

tried to bring himeelfldown to the rou-

tine crying from accumulated papers

there. But the canker Billy Capper

had implanted in his mind would not

give him peace. Major-general Cran-

‘ dall was a man cast in the stolid Brit-

ish mold; years of army discipline and

tradition of the service had given to

his convservatism a hard grain. In

common with most of those in high

command, he held to the belief that

nothing existed—nothing could exist—.-

which was not down in the regulations

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the key to the Mediterranean. During

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sued his duty, had stowed away in his

mind the wisdom disseminamd’in blue-

bound books by that corporate paragon

of knowledge at home, thelwar office.

But never had he read in anything but

fluffy fiction of ‘a. place or thing called

the Wilhelmstrasse, reputed by the

scriveners to be the darkest closet and

the most potent of all the secret cham-

bers of diplomacy. .The regulations

made no mention of a Wilhelmstrasse,

even though they provided the brand of

pipe clay that should brighten men’s

pith helmets, and stipulated to the

ounce an emergency ration. There-

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least, the Wilhelmstrasse was non-ex-

istant. ‘ ‘

But here comes a beach-camber, a

miserable jackai ffom the back alleys

of society, and warns the governor-

general of theRock that he has a man

from the Wilhelmstrasse—a spy bent

on some unfathomable mission—in his.

very forces on‘ the Rock. He says that

an agent of the enemy has dared mas-

querade as a British officer in order to

gain admission inside the lines of Eu-

rope’s most impregnable fortress, Eng-

land’s precious stronghold, there to do

mischief!



General Crandall’s tremendous re-

sponsibility would not permit him to

ignore such a warning, coming even

from so low a source. Yet the man

found himself groping blindly in the

dark before the dilemma presented; he

had no foot rule of precept or experi-

ence to guide him.

His fruitless searching for 3 mm) in

emergency was broken by the appear-

ance of Jane Gerson in the door Open-

ing from Lady Crandall’s rooms to the

right of the library. The girl was dress-

ed for the out-of-doors; in her arms

was a fragrant bunch of blood-red ros-

es, spraying out from the top of a

bronze bowl. The girl hesitated and

drew back in confusion at seeing the

room occupied; she seemed eager to

escape undetected. But General Cran-

dall smilingly checked her flight.



“I—-I thought you would be out,”

Jane stammered, “and—-—”



“And the posies—” the general in-

terrupted.



“Were for you to enjoy when you

,should come back.” She smiled easily

into the man’s eyes. “They’ll look so

much prettier here than in my room.”

“Very good of you, I’m sure." Gen-

eral Crandall stepped up to the rich

cluster of buds and sniffed critically.





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ued: “It appears to me as though you

had already made a conquest on the





 





 





 

 





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Rock. One doesn’t pick these from

the cliffs, you know.” _



“I should hardly call it a conquest,”

Jane answered, with a sprightly toes of _

herhead. ,7 . ‘. .- ‘_

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“Surely. One of your own men——

Captain Woodhouse, of the signalrer‘

.vice." Jane. was rearranging the stems

in. the bowl, apparently ready to ac-

cept what was 'on the surface of the

general’s rallying.



"Woodhouse, eh? You’ve known him

fora long time, I take it.” '



“Since last night, General. And yet

some people say Englishmen are slow."

She laughedgaily and turned ,to face

him. His veice took on a. subtle qual-

ity of polite insistence:



“Surely you met him

fore Gibraltar.” .



“How could I, when this is the first

time Captain Woodhouse has been out

of Egypt for years ?” '



“Who told you that?” The general

was quick to catch her up. The girl

felt a swift stab of fear. On the in-

stant she realized that here was some-

body attempting to drive" into the mys-

tery which she herself could not un-

derstand, but which she had pledged

herself to keep inviolate. Her voice

fluttered in her throat as she answered

him: ‘



“Why, he did himself, General.”



“He did, eh? Gave you a bit of his

history on first meeting. Confiding

chap, what! But you, Miss Gerson'—-

you’ve been to Egypt, you say?”



“No, General.”



Jane was beginning to find this

cross-examination distinctly painful.

She felt that already her pledge, so

glibly giyen at Captain Woodhouse’s

insistence, was involving her, in a situ‘

ation the significance of which might

prove menacing to herse1f~and one

other. She could sense the beginnings

of a strain between herself and this

genial elderly gentleman, her host.





“Do you know, Miss Gerson’ he

was speaking soberly now—“l believe

you and Captain Woodhouse have met

before}: .



“You’re at liberty to think anything

you like. General—the truth or other-

wise.” Her answer, though given smil~

ingly, had a sting behind it.



“I’m not going to think much longer.

I’m going to know!” He clapped his

lips shut over the last word with a.

smack of authority.





“Are you really, General Crandall?”

The girl’s eyes hardened just percep-

tibly. He took a turn 'of the room and

paused, facing her. The situation pleas-

e’d him no more than it did his breezy

guest, but he knew his duty and dog-

godly pursued it.



“Come—come, Miss Gerson! -I be-

lieve you’re straightforward and sin-

cere or I wouldn’t be ‘wasting my. time

this way. I’ll be the same with you.

This is a time of war; you understand,

all that implies, I hope. A serious

question concerning Captain Wood—

house’s position here has arisen. If

you met him before—as I think you

have—it will be to your advantage to

tell me where and when. I am in com-

mand of the Rock, you know."





He finished with an odd tensen‘ess of

tone that conveyed assurance of his

authority even more than did the sense

of his words. His guest, her back to

the table on which the roses rested

and her hands bracing her by their

tense grip on the table edge, sought





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broke in feelingly.





“What 1 say now is spoken as a

friend, not as governor of the Rock.

If it is true that you have met Wood.

house before—and our conversation

here verifies my suspicion—that very

fact makes his word worthless and re-

leases you from any promise you may

have made not to reveal this and what

you may know about him. Also it

should put you on your guard—his mo-

tives in any attentions he may pay

you can not be above suspicion.



"I think that is a personal matter I

am perfectly capable of handling.”

Jane’s resentment sent the flags to her

cheeks.





General Crandall was quick to back-

water: “Yes, yes! Don't misunder-

stand me. What I mean to say is—”



He was interrupted by his wife’s

voice calling for Jane from the near—

by room. Anticipating her interrup-

tion, he hurried on:



“For the present, Miss Gerson, we’ll

drop this matter. I said a few min-

utes ago I intended shortly lie—know.

I hope I won’t have to carry out that

——threat.” ‘



Jane was withdrawing one at the

buds from the jar. At his last word,

she dropped it with a little gasp.



“Threat, general?”



“I hope not. Truly I hope not. But,

young woman—”



She stooped, picked up the flower,

and was setting it in his huttonhole

before he could remonstrate.



“This one was for you, General,” she

said. and the truce was sealed. That

minute, Lady Crandall was waited in-

to the room on the breeze of her own

staccato interruption.



“VVhat’s this—What’s this! Flirting

with poor old George—pinning a rose

on my revered husband when my back

is turned?” Brazen miss. I’m here to

take you off to the gardens at once,

where you can find somebody younger

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She had her arm through Jane’s and

was marching her off. An exchange

of glances between the governor and

Hildebrand’s young diplomat of the

dollar said that what had passed be-

tween them was a confidence.



Jamihr Kahn announced Major Bish-

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The major, a rotund pink-faced man of

forty, who had the appearance of be-

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pink of perfection, saluted his superior

informally, accepted a cigarette and

crossbd his plump legs in an easy chair

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. CHAPTER X. his notes, his face wore a look of sat—

F it had not been for Lanngn, this isfaction. '



day of the fight between the two “He Went over the mount’in,” he

hears would have held still greater ex- said briefly.





 





citement and another deadller peril for It was noon before they climbed ov-

Thor and Muskwa Three minutes af- ‘er the volcanic quarry of rock and fol-

ter the hunters had arrived breathless lowed the Bighorn Highway to the

and sweating upon the scene of the point where Thor and Muskwa had

sanguinary conflict Bruce was ready watched the eagle and the sheep. They

and anxious to continue the pursuit of etc their lunch here, and scanned the

Thor. He knew the big grizzly could valleythrough their glasses. Bruce

not be far away; he was certain that was silent for a long-time. Then he

'Thor had gone up the mountain. He lowered his telescope, and turned to

found signs of the grizzly’s feet in the Langdon.-



gravel of the coulee at just about the “I guess. I’ve got his range pretty

time Thor and the tan-faced CUb.well 'figg-ered Out,” he said. “He runs

struck the Bighorn Highway. p ._ these two valleys, an’ we’ve got our

His arguments failed to move Lang— camp too far south. See that timber

don. Stirred to the depth of his soul down there? That’s where our camp

by what he had seen, and what he saw should be. What do you say to goin"

about him new, the hunter-naturalist back over the divide with our horses

refused to leave the blood-stained and an’ movin’ up here?”



torn-up arena in which the grizzly and “And leave our grizzly until tomor-

the black had fought their duel. row?" . , >



“If I knew that I was not going to Bruce nodded.



fire a single shot, I would travel five “We can’t go after ’im and leave our

thousand miles to see this,” he said. horses tied ‘up in the creek-bottom

“It’s worth thinking about, and look- back there.”



ing over, ’Bruce. The grizzly won’t Langdon boxed his glasses and rose

59011. This will-.in a few hours. If to his feet. Suddenly he grew rigid.

there’s a story here we can dig out “What was that?”



I want it" . _ “I didn’t hear anything,” said Bruce.

Again and again Langdon went over For a moment they stood side by

the battle-field, noting the ripped-11D side, listening. A gust of wind whist—

ground, the big spots of, dark—red stain, led about their ears. “

the strips of flayed skin, and the terri- . “Hear it!” whispered Langdon, and

ble wounds on the bOdY 0f the dead his voice was filled with a. sudden ex-

black.‘ For half an hour Bruce paid citement. .



less attention to these things than he

did to the-carcass of the caribou. At “Yes, the doggy,



the end Of that time he called Lang- They leaned forward, their ears turn-

don t0 the edge 0f the clump 0f bal- ed to the south, and faintly there came

same. to them the distant, thrillingtongue of





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“You wanted the story,” he said, the Airedales!



“an’ I’ve got it for you, Jimmy.” . Metoosin had come, and he was seek-



He entered the balsams and Lang- ing them in the valley!



don followed him. A few steps under



the cover Bruce halted and pointed‘to



the hollow in which Thor had cached



his meat. The hollow was stained , , ,

call a pimootao. His brute mind





‘ o .

Wl‘t‘lysi :vdas right in your guess Jim- had all at once added two and

my ,, he said “Our grizzly is a ,meat- two together, and while perhaps he did

’ ' , , , not make four of it, his mental arith-

eater. Last night he, killed a car1bou metic was accurate enough to convince





out there in the meadow. ”I know it him that straight north- was the road

was the grizzly that k111ed_ 1m an’ not to travel ‘ ‘





the black, because the tracks along the . p y

edge of the timber are grizzly tracks. ' By the tune Langdon and Bruce had

Come on. 1.11 show you where ’e jump- reached the summit of the Bighorn

ed the caribo.” _ Highway, and were listening to the dis-



_ ~ tant tongueing of the dOgs, little Musk-

He led thf’ tway backhmto E11}: mile“: wa was in abject despair. Following

0W! and pom 9d out W ere or a Thor had been like a game of tag with

dragged down the young bull. There . _ ,



I never a moments lest. - -

were bits of flesh and a great deal of

stain where he and Muskwa had An hour after they left the sheep

trail they came to the rise in the val-





feasted. _ _ ley Where the waters separated. From



He hld the carcass m the balsams this point one creek flowed southward

after he had filled himself,” went on into the Tacla Lake country and the

Bruce. “This morning the black came other \northward into the Babine,

along, smelled the meat, an ,robbed which was a tributary of the Skeena.

the cache. Then back come the griz- They descended very quickly into a





 





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zly after his morning feed, an"that’s much lower country, and for the first

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“And—he may come baCk again? rank and thick that he could not see

aSked Langdon. but could only hear Thor forging on

“Not on your life, he won’t,” cried ahead of him:

Bruce. “He wouldn’t touch that car-, The stream grew wider and deeper,

cass again if he was starving. JUSt and in places they skirted the edges of

now this place is like DOiS‘m to him.” dark, quiet pools that Muskwa thought

After that Bruce left Langdon to must have been of immeasurable,

meditate alone on the field of battle depth. These peols gave Muskwa his.

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mountaineer made his way foot by on afresh Muswka was so much hearer-

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strange odor—a fragrance of some—

thing that made the cub lick his little

chops, and filled him with hunger.



For a minute or two Thor stood

snifilng this scent that filled the air.

It had the smell of fish.



Slowly the big grizzly began picking

his way along the edge of the lake. He

soon came to the mouth of a small

creek. It was not more than twenty

feet wide, but it was dark and quiet

and deep, like the lake itself. For a

hundred yards' Thor made his way up

this creek, until he came to where a

number of trees had fallen across it,

forming a jam. Close to this jam the

water was covered with a green scum. ‘

Thor knew what lay under that scum,

and very quietly he crept out on the

logs. /

~ Midway in the stream he paused,

and with his right paw gently brushed

back the scum so that an open pool of

clear water lay directly under him.



Muskwa’s bright little eyes watched

him from the shore. He knew that

Thor was after something to eat, but

how he was going to get it out of that

pool of water puzzled and interested

him in spite of his weariness.



Thor stretched himself out on his

belly, his head and right paw well over

the jam. He now put his paw a. foot

into the water and held it there very

quietly. He could see clearly to the

bottom of the stream. For a few mo-

ments he saw only this bottom, a. few

sticks, and the protruding end of a

limb. Then a long slim shadow moved

slowly under him—a fifteen-inch trout.

It was too deep for him, and Thor did

not make an excited plunge.





Patiently he waited, and very soon

this patience was rewarded. A beauti-

iful red-spotted trout floated out from

under the scum, and so suddenly that

Muskwa gave a yelp of terror, Thor’s

huge paw sent a shower of water a

dozen feet into the air, and the fish

landed with a thump within three feet

of the cub. Instantly Muskwa was up-

on it. His sharp teeth dug into it as

it, flopped and struggled.



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9 i' "each streak was always a dark;

1 has that





Bablne waterways. For a week past

there had been in him a 'Steadily grow-

ing unrest, and it had reached its oil-

max in‘tiiese last two .or three days of

ba'ttle and flight. He was filled with a

strailge and unsatisfied yearning, and

as Muskwa napped in his little, bed

among the bushes Thor’s ears were

keenly alert for certain sounds and his

nose frequently sniffed the air. He

Wanted a mate.



It was puskoowepesim—wthe “moult-"

ing moOn”—and always in this moon,

or the end of the “egg-laying’moon,”

which was June, he hunted for the fe-

male that came to him from the west-

ern ranges. He was almost entirely a

creature of habit, and always he made





i this particular detour, entering the oth-





er valley again far down toward the

Babine. He never failed to feed on

fish along the way, and the more fish

he ate the stronger was the odor of

him. It is barely possible Thor had

discovered that this perfume of golden-

spotted trout made him more attrac-

tive to his lady-love. Anyway, he ate

fish, and he smelled abundantly.



Thor rose and stretched himself two

hours before sunset, and he knocked

three more fish out of the water. Musk-

wa ate the head of one and Thor fin-

ished the rest. Then they continued

their pilgrimage.



It was a new world that Muskwa en-

tered now. In itthere were none‘of

the old familiar sounds. The purring

drone of the upper valley was gone.

There were no whistlers and no ptar-

mlgan, and no fat little gophers run-

ning about. The water of the lake lay

still, and dark, and deep, with black

and sunless pools hiding themselves

under the roots of trees, so close did

There were no

rocks to climb over, but dank, soft logs,

thick windfalls, and litters of brush.

The air was different, too. .It was very

still. Under their feet at times was a‘.

wonderful carpet of soft moss in which

Thor sank nearly to his armpits. And

the forest was filled with a strange

gloom and many mysterious shadows,

and there hung' heavily in it the pun-

gent smells of decaying vegetation.



Thor did not travel so swiftly here.

The silence and the gloom and the op-

presively scented air seemed to rouse

his caution. He stepped quietly; fre~





’ quently he stopped and looked about





him, and listened; ‘he smelled at the

edges. of pools hidden under the roots;

every new sound brought him to a.

stop, his head hung low and.his ears

alert.



Several times Muswka saw shadowy

things floating through the gloom.

They,were the big gray owls-that turn-

ed snow white in winter. And once,

when it was alm0st dark, they came

upon a pop-eyed, loose-jointed, fierce-





- looking creature in the trail who scur~





ried away like a ball at a sight of Thor.

It was a lynx.



It was not yet quite dark when Thor

came out very quietly into a clearing,

and Muskwa found himself first on the





big pond. The air was full of the

breath and warmth of a new kind of

life. It was not fish, and yet it seemed

to come from the pond, in the center of

which were three or four circular

masses that looked like great brush-

heaps plastered with a coating of mud.



Whenever he came into this end of

the Valley Thor alWays paid, awvisit to

the beaver colony, and occasionally he

helped himself to a fat young beaver

for supper or breakfast. This evening

he was not hungry, and he was in a

hurry. In spite of these two facts he





near the pond.

The beavers had already begun their

night’s work. Muskwa soon under-





ing streaks that ran sWiftly over the





 





111g Thor into the lower country of the . _

long, low barrier that shut in the water

a hundred yards to the east.





to Thor, and with his maturer knowl-

edge of beaver ways he knew that his

engineering friends—whom he ate only

occasionally—were broadening their

domain by building a new dam. A'B

they watched, two fat workmen shov-

ed a four-fact length of log. into the

pond with a, big splash, and one of

them began piloting

scene of building operations, while his

companion returned to other work. A

little later there was a crash in the

timber on the opposite side of the pond

where another workman had succeed-

ed in felling a tree.

his way toward the dam.





crack out in the middle of the pond, ?

followed by a tremendous splash. An '



old beaver had seen Thor and with the



flat side of his broad tail had given



slap that cut the still air like a rifle-





shot.

lugs and divings in every direction,





for a whole month.





to hang to.





shore of a creek, and then close to a





stood for some minutes in the shadows"





stood the significance of the shimmer- .





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This particular barrier was strange,





it toward the





Then Thor made





Almost instantly there was a terrific





the surface of. the water a warning





 





All at once there were slpash-





and a moment later the pond was





ruffled and heaving as a score of inter-

rupted workers dove excitedly under

the surface to the safety of their

brush-ribbed and mudeplastered strong—

holds, and Muskwa was so absorbed in

the general excitement that he almost

forgot to follow Thor.





 





 





He overtook the grizzly at the dam.





For a few moments Thor inspected the

new work, and then tested with it his

weight.





It' was solid, ‘and over this

bridge ready built for them they cross-

ed to the higher ground on the oppo-

site side. A few hundred yards farther

on Thor struck a fairly well-beaten car-

ibou trail which in the cBurse of half

an hour led them around the end of

the lake to the outlet stream flowing

north.



Every minute Muskwa. was hoping-

that Thor would stop. His afternoon’s

nap had not taken the lameness out of

his legs nor the soreness from the ten-

der pads of his feet. , He had had

enough, and more than enough, of

travel, and could he have regulated

the world according to his own wishes

he would nothave walked another mile

Mere walking

would not have been ‘so bad, but to

keep up with Thor’s ambling gait he

was compelled to trot, like a stubby

four-year-old child' hanging desperately

to the thumb of a big and fast—walking

man. Muskwa had not even a thumb

‘The bottoms of his feet

were like boils; his tender nose was

raw from contact with brush and the

knife-edged marsh grass, and his little

back felt all caved in. Still he hung

on desperately, until the creek- bottom 4

was again sand and gravel, and travel-

ing was easier. ~





The stars were up now, millions of

them, [clear and brilliant: and it was

quite evident that Thor had set his

mind on an “all-night hike,” a kup—

patipsk pimootao as a Cree tracker

would have called it. Just how it

would have ended for Muskwa is a

matter of conjecture had not the spir-

its of thunder and rain and lightning

put their heads together to give him

a rest. . (Continued next week).





 





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MARCH. "





 





BY L. M. THORNTON.





March, March, March'awinds ,

Cutting winds and cold;



Over mead and pasture lands,

Over plain and wold



Rude, rude, rude winds,



. Blustry winds and bold;



Over closely guarded kine

Over sheep in fold.





   

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

   

 





Fierce, fierce, fierce winds, “ ‘

Searching winds and chill; . .-

Round the palace and the hall ' .. g , ' 1..

Round the cot and mill. ' -~ - ' “ '

March. March, ,oMarch winds,
t ., jigsaw...)

I ' .“Hls Myrecord “and all





three months in the spring of nineteen-

seven,"'.GeneralgCrandall urged, to re-

fresh the other’s "memory.



Majorr'Bishop stroked his round

cheeks, tugged at one ear, but found

recollection dimcult. ‘



“When I see this chap—so many

coming and going. you know. Three

months—-bless me! «That’s a thin slice

out-of ten years.”



, “Major, I’m going to take you into

my confidence,” the isenior oflicer be-

gan; then be related the incident of

Capper’s visit and repeated the charge

he had made. Bishop sat aghast at

the word “spy.” - ‘ .



“Woodhouse will be here to tea this

afternoon,” continued Crandall. “While

you and I ask him a few leading ques-

tions, I’ll have Jaimihr, my Indian,

search his room in barracks. I trust

Jaimihr, implicitly, and .he can do the

job smoothly. Now, Bishop, 'what do

you remember about nineteenseven—

something we'can lead up to in con-

versation, you know?” '





The younger man knuckled his brow

for a minute, then. looked up brightly.



“I say, General, Craigen was gover-

nor then. But—um—aren’t you a bit

—mlld; this asking‘of a suspected spy

to tea ?"



“What can I do?” the other replied,

somewhat testily. “I can’t clap an offi~

cer of his majesty’s army into prison

on the mere say-so-of a drunken out-

cast who has no proof to offer. I must

go slowly, Major.. Watch for a slip

from this Woodhouse. One bad move

on his part, and he starts on his way

to face a firing-squad."



Bishop had risen and was slowly

pacing the room, his eyes 0n the walls,

hung with many portraits in oils.



"Well, you can’t help admiring the

nerve of the chap,” he muttered, half.

to himself. “Forcing his way on to

the Rock—why, he might as well put

his head in a cannon’t mouth.”



“I haven’t time to admire,” the gen-

eral said shortly. “Thing to do is to

act”



“Quite right. Nineteen-seven, eh?

Um—” He paused before the portrait

of a young woman with a Gainsbor-

ough hat and with a sparkling piquant

face. “By-George, General, why not

try him on Lady Evelyn? There’s a

fair test for you, now!” . .



“You mean Craigen’s wife?” The

general looked up at the portrait Quiz-

zically. “Skeleton’s bones, Bishop.”



“Right; but no man who ever saw

her could forget. I know I never can.

Poor Craigen!”



“Good idea, though,” the older man

* acquiesced. “We’ll trip him on Lady



» Evelyn.” *



l Jaimihr Khan appeared at the dou-

ble doors. “The general sahib’s order-

ly,” he announced.“ The young subal-

tern entered and saluted.



. “That young man, General Crandall,

the one Sergeant Crosby was to escort

out of the lines to Algeciras—”



“Well, what of him? He’s gone, I

hope.”



"First train to Madrid, General; but

‘ he left a message for you, sir, who

delivered after he’d gone, he said.”



“A message?” General Crandall was

perplexed.



“As Sergeant Crosby had it and gave

it to me to repeat to you, sir, it was,

‘Arrest the cigar girl calling herself

Josepha. She is one of the cleverest

spies of the Wilhelmstrasse.’ ”





' R. JOSEPH ALMER, proprietor

M ofthe Hotel Splendide, on Wa-

‘ g terport Street, was absorbed,

.I.heart and soul, in a curious task." He



was emptying the powder from two-



“ quinino capsules. on to a sheet





 





 





 

 





 





 

 





 





that-Lea: howas here on thenock for





hand.





in a treasure hole.





’ A round box ofrthe gelatlne cocoons

lay at his left hand; it had just been

delivered by an Arab boy, quick to

pick up the street commission for tup-

pence. Very methodically Almer pick-

ed the .capsules fromlthe box one by "

one, opened them and spilled the qui-

nine in a little heap under his nose.

He grunted peevishly when the sixth

shell had been emptied. The seventh

capsule brought an eager whistle' to

his lips. When he had jerked the con— ,

centric halvesapart, very little powder _

Instead, the thin, folded '



edges of a pellet of rice paper protrud-

ed from one of the containers.

Almer had extracted in an'instant. He

spread it against the black back of a

ledger and read the very fine script

This was the mes-





fell out.





written thereon.

sage:

“Danger.





Crandall.





ling that minute.





. - ass, as

. fidesk. - His-alpaca c0ve

vwere Close to his ears; and his. bald

head, with its Stripes of plastered hair

running like thick lines of latitude on

a pelished-glgbe, was held far forward

so as to bring his eyes on the work in‘

Like some plump magpie he

appeared, turning over bits of china





house and Louisa—trapped!”





The warning in the—note left noth-

ing open to ambiguity for Almer;

there were but four of them—“friends"

under the W‘ilhelmstrasse felloWship

of danger—there in Gibraltar: Louisa,

the man who passed as Woodhouse,

and Whose hand was to execute the

great coup when the right moment

came, himself, and that

whose place was in Government House

From this latter the note of

warning had come. How desperate the

necessity for it Almer could guess

when he took into reckoning the dan-

gers that beat any attempt at com-

munication on the writer’s part.

narrow the margin of safety for this

“friend” that he must look at each set-

ting sun as being reasonably the last

for him. .



Almer did not attempt to go behind

the note and guess who was the in-

former that had lodged information

with the governor-general.

forgotten, in fact, the incident of the

night before, when the blustering Cap-

per called the newly arrived Wood-

house by name. The flash of suspicion

that attached responsibility to the Am-

erican girl named Gerson was dissl~

pated as quickly as it came; she had

arrived by motor from Paris, not on

the boat from Alexandria.

now the imperative duty to carry the

warningto the two suspected, not to

waste time in idle speculation as to

the identity of the betrayer.

was but one ray of hope in this sud-

den pall of gloom, and that Almer

grasped eagerly. He knew the charac-

ter of General Crandall—the phleg-

matic conservatism of the man, which

would not easily be jarred out of an

accustomed line of thought and action.

The general would be slow to leap at

an accusation brought

wearing the stripes of service: and,

though he- might reasonably attempt to

test Captain Woodhouse, one such as

Woodhouse, chosen by the Wilhelm-

strsase to





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This





An informer from Alexan-

dria has denounced our two friends to

You must warn; I can not."

The spy’s» heart was suddenly drain-

ed, and the wisp of paper in his hand

trembled so that it scattered t-he qui-

.nine about in a thin cloud. Once more

he read the note, then‘he‘ld a match to

it and scufled its feathery ash with his

feet into the rug beneath his stool.

The fortitude which had held Joseph

Almer to the Rock in the never-failing

hope that someday would bring him

the opporutnity to do a great service

for the fatherland came near crumb-

He groaned.

“Our friends,?’ he whispered, “Wood-





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N article ten I find that.I promised

our young people that I would, in

article eleven, take up the matter



of the commercial, or checking ac-



count. Now, in glancing back over

some of our previous articles I find

there is one very important chapter

that I have quite omitted that should

be discussed before going to the check-

ing account and so begging your par-

d0n for the oversight, I will tell you

something about the Savings Certifi-





‘ cate of Deposit.





In a purely savings account wherein

the pass book is used, the best and

proper way to handle a savings ac-

count where more or less frequent ad-

ditions are to be made, and perchance

an occasional withdrawal (you promis-

ed me to consult the banker first about

this, didn’t you, or didn’t you, well no

matter, I am sure you will anyway),

the rate of interest in the large major-

ity of banks in Michigan is three per

cent, with more or less variation in the

conditions imposed, varying with the

different, localities, but nearly all banks

will issue you a four per cent certifi-

cate of deposit running for a stipulat-

ed period of time, usually one year or

more.



Some of the more progressive banks

have a coupon certificate of deposit

that usually becomes very\ popular

wherever introduced. This coupon cer-

tificate is usually written for three or

five years, carries a coupon for every

six months for which it is written.

These coupons are the interest pay-

ments. Interest is figured at the time

the certificate is taken out in semi-an-

nual periods and the amount entered

On the coupons at the time it is issued

to you. At the end of each six months

period you simply clip this coupon and

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These coupon certificates of. deposit

are usually issued in multiples of $50,

varying somewhat with different banks.

They are an extremely convenient and

satisfactory form of investment for I

am inclined to [class them as invests

ments.



Now, this being the case I think it

is well for every boy and girl to have

I first, a savings pass book. to take your





'. small savings treat time to time, and :I





 





 





 





bank in the state and get your cash,





I

hope you will devise some kind of a

system by which you will make addi-

tions to this with regularity, and then

as your savings grow in your pass

book, whenever it has reached the sum

of fifty dollars, take out a four per cent

savings certificate, preferably a coupon

certificate. This coupon certificate is

quite similar in form and appearance

to a government or other bond and its

use fam111a11zes you with this foim of

document, all of which is desirable.

Now theie are several reasons why

I advise this. First, in neaily all Mich-

igan banks you will be able to realize

a little larger rate of interest from

your time certificates of deposit, be

they coupon or otherwise, and again, a

more potent reason is that it will not

be quite as easily disturbed by small





withdrawals. Of course, in all ordinary -





times or financial conditions, the bank-

er would take this certificate up, pay

you a part of it and issue you one for

a smaller amount, or pay the whole if

you so desired, but it is not quite as

simple to withdraw small amounts

from it, and for this very reason if for

no other, I advise it.



In nearly all banks, if you have a

time certificate of deposit at a higher

rate of interest than the regular sav-

ings book rate, should you really need

the money you have investedhwill go

to your banker and tell him your

needs, while he might, under the Mich-

igan banking law, require that you give

him ninety days notice before with-

drawal, if convinced that you want the

money for a good cause, he will gladly

give it to you' under the regular sav-

ings regulations regarding interest

computation so you will be taking no

chances in any event by taking the

time certificate and it ‘will usually be

advantageous.



Now there are, in my estimation,

only just a few things that a. farm ,boy

or girl should invest their money in.





First, a piece of land, some live stock ‘





or equipment with WhiCh to utilize to

the best advantage that land, or a. sav-

ings account of some kind. You will

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in this thing or that thing or the other

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business basis. If the animal will not

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11 ill then I like to see the movement

encouraged.



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'SN’T it funny how good resolutions

fade away when the gsun Strikes





stuffs we 1e getting now. After the

children have been put to bed and the

pan-cakes set and the kitchen door

locked and the knitting gotten out, and

you can sit down with peace reigning

Within, if not' ab‘road—then’s the time

you resolve firmly, and let us hope

prayerfully, to npke‘ a better job of it

tomorrow. That’s when you admit that

you’re a scolder and a nagger, and

that it’s all your fault when things go

wrong, because, the mother makes the

home atmosphere. And you promise

yourself fervently not to scold the

children 'again, ever, no matter what

they do. And not to say, “Don’t.” And

to keep a cheery tone in your voice

and not to “yelp” when father Spills

the gravy on the bran clean table

cloth. And not once to feel sorry for

yourself when you see your neighbors

going by, all gaily dressed, to some af-

ternoon party or lecture or concert,

while you sit home and tend the baby.



Lamplight is surely the time for

making resolutions. For there is some

thing about “the cold, gray dawn of

the morning after,” that chases them

all away. I “do hereby resolve” every

evening of my life. But the next morn-

ing—well, that’s another stroy. /The

mornings usually begin with the

thought expressed by one of the boys.





“One more day of this awful life!

Got to get up and cleanmy teeth and

brush my hair!” Though I vary the

phrasing by going over the breakfast

and the beds, and the baby’s bath, and

the picking up, and hurrying the chil-

dren off to school, and darning, and,

oh, well, you all do the same things.

So why go over them?



Last night I resolved even more

strenuously than ever. But this morn-

ing when I got up with a headache and

symptoms of a cold, and one boy wail-

ed, as on'every morning:



“Can’t I wait until after breakfast,

to clean my teeth, mother?” _



And the other one got half dressed,

as on every morning, and then march-

ed around and around in a‘circle in

swinging his

waist around by one button,



And the baby cried,



And the furnace fire was out,



And the milk was frozen,



And the pan-cakes had refused to

get light,



And I forgot the salt in the cat meal,

and it was Wheatless day and I had to





wouldn’t eat the cakes, and the coffee

didn’t percolate long enough and I was

too cross to put it back on again, and

friend husband Was too tired to talk,

and I dropped a spoon and broke my

pet cup,



Well, what’s the use? You all know

what I did. And you know where my

good resolutions went to. I even shook

the poor baby because he cried, and,

quite naturally, made him cry harder.



But I’m not through with resolu-

tions even yet. Some days I manage

to keep them fairly well. And I’m go-

ing to keep right on making them, and

breaking them, until the breakages

gradually dwindle aWay and cease to

be. One thing brOught a ray of hope

today. It was a letter from a reader

who says she has been helped by some-

thing I’ve written. So it must be that

somewhere in this muddle of things

which I know as life there is some

good evolving. ‘



But the chief reason for my deter-

mlnation to keep on is the thought that





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that if the things I have been given to

do hadn’ t been the best way to bring

mine out, I wouldn’t have been set at.

this particular job. My same corres—

pondent also points out to me that

much which wears our strength and

patience is‘simply the chase of non.

essentials; that the supreme thing in





life is to do “your bit” in the right‘





spirit, and make life better and happier

for your family and acquaintances.



So I’m going to resolve again, and

yet again, not to scold nor nag, nor

rage. And if I break my resolution,

I’ll get up and try again, knowing that

“though I fail, I shall not be. utterly

east down}:



DEBORAH.





UNITED STATES FOOD LEAFLET-





 





A WholeDinner in One Dish.



The youngsters will like it. Father-

will like it. You will like it. Your-

pocketbook will surely like it. Your

bodies can’t help liking it. Uncle Sam.

is bound to like it.



Everybody will like the one-dish din-

ner. Why?



A dish hot and savory—good for

work or play—that is why the father

and the children will like it.



Easy to cook and to serve—-that is

one 1eason why you will like it. Only

one dish to cook, few plates to wash,

steps saved

' Good, nourishing food. You can feel

that you are feeding your family right.

if you give them this dinner. It con-

tains all their bodies need to help

them work and grow strong.



This dinner helps you do your, part.

for your country. You can save wheat

and meat to ship abroad. Our soldiers

and the Allies need them more than.

we do.





Try the One-dish Dinner.

Try these one-dish dinners.

enough for a family of five.

Fish Chowder.——One and a half

pounds 'of fish, fresh, salt or canned;

nine potatoes peeled and. cut in small

pieces; one onion, sliced; two cups of

carrots cut in pieces; one-fourth of a.

pound of salt pork; three cups of milk;

pepper; three tablespoons of flour. Cut

pork in small pieces and fry with chop—

ped onion for five minutes. Put pork.

onion, carrots, potatoes in kettle and

cover with boiling water. Cook until

tender. Mix three tablespoons of flour

with half a. cup of cold milk and stir

in liquid in the pot to thicken.

rest of milk and the fish which has

been boned and cut in small pieces.





Each





Cook until fish is tender, about ten'





minutes. Serve hot. .You can omit





the pork and use a. tablespoon of oth.





er fat.

Dried Peas with Rice and Tomatoes-

—One and a. half cups of rice, two

cups of dried peas, six onions, one tar

blespoon of salt, one-fourth teaspoon

of pepper, two cups of tomato, fresh

or canned. Soak peas over night in.

two quarts of water.

der in water in which they were cook-

ed. Add rice, onions, tomatoes and

seasoning and cook twenty minutes.

Potted Hominy and Beef—Hominy

is excellent to use as a part of a one--

dish dinner, if you have a fire in yOur

stove so that you can cook it for a.

long time, or use a. fireless cooker.

Heat one and a half quarts of water to

boiling; ,add one teaSpoon of Salt and!

two cups of homlny which has been

soaked over night.-

cups. This recipe may be increased

and enough cooked in different ways.

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'cuph of carrots,





Cups of milk, two tablespoons of fat,

tWO tableSpoons of flour. Melt fat, stir

in flour, add cold milk and mix well.

Cut potatoes

and carrots in dice, mix all materials

in baking dish and bake for one hour.





These dishes supply all five kinds of

food. Each is enough for a whole din-

ner for a family of five. Eat them with

bread and with fruit or jam tor des-

sert. Then you have all the five kinds

of food your body needs. These five

kinds are: Vegetables or fruit; milk

or cheese, eggs or fish, meat or beans.

Cereal: Corn, rice, oats, rye or wheat.

Syrup or sugar. Fat: Such as drip-

pings,‘ oleomargarine, oil or butter.

Choose something from each of these

five groups every day.



More One-meal Dishes.



There are mOre recipes of this kind

in other United States Food Leaflets.

“Instead of Meat” tells what foods are

good to use when you don’t buy meat,

and how to make some meatless one-

dish meals,



“Make a Little Meat go a Long

Way” will help you cut down your

meat bills. The savory stews and meat

pies show how you can give your fam-

ily a good one-dish meal by using a lit-

tle meat in various combinations.

These leaflets will be published later.



You can make up other recipes for

yourself by pombining foods from most

of the five groups. Pass them on to

your neighbor.





PURPOSES OF REGISTRATION.





 





To compute the woman power of. the

country, a registration of all women,

over sixteen years of age, is being

made throughout the United States.

The week of April 6 has been chosen

as registration weekfor Michigan. The

registration is for trained and untrain-

ed workers and for volunteer and paid

services. This registration is volun-

tary, but all women are urged to de-

clare their occupations so that the gov-

ernment may have a correct tabulation

of the lines of work engaged in by

women, both in the homes and outside





’of them, sovthat in case of emergency,





women will be prepared and ready to

contribute their share in winning the

war. This general registration is be-

ing directed by the Woman’s Commit-

tee of the Council of National Defense.

Mrs. Caroline Bartlett Crane, of Kala-

mazoo, is chairman of the Michigan

division.



It is not the intention of the govern-

ment to take women out of the home

or to remOve them from work they are

already doing, unless they definitely

offer themselves for such service. Nor,

if a married woman registers as “train-

ed” and capable of sell-support, will

this give cause for her husband to be

drafted. The main objects back of the

registration are:



To furnish accurate information to

the government, of the capacities in

which 'women are now serving, wheth-

er in their homes, or in paid pursuits,

trades, professions, etc.



To have in every community, lists

of womenvcarefully classified, who are

willing to be called upon for trained or

untrained service to the state or to

the nation. ‘





To ascertain which women are avail,





able for work outside the home and

Which are not.





To enlist the women who wish to

take advantage of some special train-

ing, in order to give more efficient

service.



To be able to furnishw men for sal-’





government





.. Waman’ 8 Committee of the Council of,

one (attention of salt,

oneifourth pound of dried beef, two





 





.Washington, and community singing,





'until thick one cup ofhoney and one





Natloml Defense.



Should a woman register for service

and then later find herself unable to

réspond to a call, she will not be com-

pelled to do so, nor will any criticism

be directed to her. The idea of the

registration is simply to obtain for the

government some definite idea of the

woman power of the city, state and

nation.



In the first two years of the war, in

England,_over one million women were

needed to replace men in industrial

positions and an almost equallylarge

number of volunteer workers was re-

quired to cook for the workers, to care

for their children and to help in various

ways made necessary by the war. It

is to be prepared for any such condi-

tions in this country that the govern-

ment desires to know just how many

women, and in what lines. it can call





 





on for special service.



It is expected that public schools

and the down-town department stores!

may be used for the registration. A

large number of women are now being

trained to handle the week’s campaign.





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FOOD EXHIBIT AT WOMEN'S CON-

GRESS, MARCH 43. ,





A food show, which will be used by

the feminine faculty and co-eds of M..

A. C. to teach lessons in war economy2

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Brand, Chief of the United States Bu-

real of Markets. >



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tion pictures of the war from the de-

partment. of public informatiOn in





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T is now generally known that two





   





country are the; Indian Runner and

the Mammoth Imperial Pe‘kin.‘ If eggs

are wanted, by all means keep the Run-

ner. If you want a duck that will

bring a fancy price when dressed .for

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Some Fancy But lmpractical Breeds.



We know a woman who has been

raising colored Muscoveys for several

years past, while at the same time,

admits that they are not at all profit-

able. It takes five weeks to incubate

the eggs. As a rule, the ducks do not

begin laying until they are about two

years old. And when a duck is want-

ed for the table, the skin often has to

be removed, on account of the black

pin-feathers.



What are this lady’s reasons for

raising these ducks, while several of

the neighbors are raising the Runners

and Pekins? Here are some of them:

They are odd-looking, and pretty, (save

the mark), and are easy to raise. They

really do require ,less care than other

ducks. But why keep ducks for orna-

mental purposes alone?



For beauty as well as utility, both

the Indian Runner and Pekin have the

colored Muscoveys “beaten a mile.”

Then, too, it is almost impossible to

control the Muscoveys. They can sail

around like buzzards and go over the

fences with as much ease as a Leg-

horn hen.



The above 1s merely intended as a.

warning to beginners to steer clear of

colored Muscovey ducks. White Mus-

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We always try

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before the eggs are hatched.



We keep the laying ducks housed at

night, even after the weather gets

mild, because they always lay their

eggs on the bare ground (if permitted

to do 'so) and they are liable to get

chilled. And besides, it is not good for

the eggs to get plastered with mud, as

they often do When ducks are not

housed.



Give the ducks a good, dry place to

sleep; with plenty of straw or clean

litter for bedding. It must be renewed

often. Shallow nest-boxes should be

provided.

gDucks must be well fed, if a good

supply of fertile eggs are wanted. A

thin, under-fed Pekin duck will lay

very few eggs. The feed must-not be

too highly concentrated, but the Pekin

is a. large feeder and requires a con-

siderable quantity of food.



The Indian Runner is not as large a



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constitute the entire ration. Bran

should play an important .part. Also,

corn meal, ground or boiled oats, cook-

ed vegetables, raw, chopped vegeta~

bles, sprouted oats, green rye (when'

available), silage, cut clover or alfalfa,

steamed or boiled, etc. Of course, all

these need not be used. ~We vary the

ration, but always try to provide some

sort of green stuff or a substitute for

same, to-give the ration the proper

consistency and bulk. »



We sometimes add the chopped veg-

etables to the ground grain and then

moisten with sour milk, being careful

not to make the mixture sloppy. Sil- l

age, of course, is fed alone. So, also,

is the sprouted ‘oats and green rye,

We often "iise clover or alfalfa in the

mash.



A good ration for ducks is composed

of one part each of bran, corn meal

and “shorts,” added «to two parts cook-

ed vegetables. Feed twice a day all

they will eat up clean. .



We add a little salt, also powdered

charcoal. Provide grit, coarse sand or

coal cinders. Ducks ’must have clean

water to drink.





   





 

   

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





INFLUENCE OF BREEDING STOCK.





 





Early attention to the selection of

the breeding stock will assist mate~

rially in the building up of a good

strain of layers. The hens for the lay- '

ing of the hatching eggs should be

chosen with just as much care as is

exercised in the selection of males for

mating. By careful Observation before

the breeding season begins, it is pos-

sible to note the strong points of the

various hens and determine any 'ten-

dency toward weakness. To get a pro-

lific strain of layers, it is essential to

choose only vigorous, healthy hens,

prolific layers themselves and which

have been bred in line from Stock care-

fully chosen for like characteristics.

Like tends to beget like, so that hens

chosen from a single line of breeding,

and possessing the desirable qualities

of heavy layers will tend to improve

and develop the strain in a highly sat-

isfactory manner.



Keep the Culls 'by Themselves.



Where the flock is large and it has

been necessary to arrange the hens

and pullets in separate flocks for the

winter there is an excellent opportu-

nity to cull out the weaker/and less

desirable fowls and maintain. them in

a. flock by themselves, while the vig—

orous hens intended for breeding may

be housed in a separate enclosure. This

arrangement makes it possible to coh-

fine the breeding flock within suitable

enclosures during the time they are

mating and their eggs are being saved

for hatching purposes. Nothing pulls

down the value of a, good flock of hens

quite so quickly as to use eggs for

hatching that have been laid by any

and everything in the flock. Many in—

fertile eggs and weak chicks are the

result of carelessnessin this matter-

No male should be allowed to run with

the poorer fowls. lnfertile eggs will

keep better and are better for the

market.



In choosing the male birds it is nec-

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improve the quality of the strain. They

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If you1 tulkeys have the txue black-

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cure them, as no treatment for this dis-

ease has given satisfactory results. The

remedy more commonly used is: Five

grains of sulphur and one grain of sul-

phate of iron. This should be preceded

and followed by a dose of epsom salts,

about fifteen grains. This treatment

sometimes gives fair results, but the

general opinion regarding treatment of

this disease is that it does not pay to

do anything for sick poults, except to

kill them and dispose of their bodies





 





 





necessary to prevent further spreading

of the disease. .



Preventive measures are considered

the only successful ones to follow. The

following have given good results: The

using of eggs from healthy birds only.

The wiping of eggs with a cloth wet

with eighty per cent alcohol before

they are placed in the incubator or un-

der the hen for hatching. This is to

remove any contagion» that might be

on the shells. A day or two before

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young poults should be placed apart

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which has not recently been occupied

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of the houses, troughs and drinking

fountains is also necessary, and exclud-

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mice from the houses and runs occu

pied by the poults will greatly help to

make less the possibility of con-





 





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It is almost impossible to tell a goose

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that of the goose is double. The gan-

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the under mandible of

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Put a flock of uncertain genders into a

pen, and turn a‘strange dog in. ~The

granders will come forward ready to

fight while the geese will huddle in a L

corner. ‘Some breeders claim that they





ing time; that the ganders have yellow

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We have a number of White Leghorn hens nndPulleta

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dint. dellvo miles» a few Barred Rocks and R. C. Rods.

Murals-3 ack M inorcu





HOW FARMS, Bloomingdale, Mich.





Chicks lrcm Standard

and BrownXsh





 





 





Bred S. C. White

thorns. Good laying stock 813 per 100

Safe arrival guaranteed. Catalogue free Book \our

order now for spring deliven N ich





Wolverine Hatchery. Box 202, Zeeiand.





lb, 011:2? Brod-lode S. 0. White and Brown



bl. year'cypr rice. 812 perm No cata-

loam-circular. Ordordiroct. from this padv. Cash in full

With order. natohovory’l‘msday.beginning Apr-“2.5111111,-

brook Poultry Farms. 0. G. Burroughs. Prop.. Hillsdalc. Mich.





[med lock Cockereis from good laying strain

8 SawiXiomhtwclor‘SA’l)

A. A. WOOD 6 8017. - - - 8811110. Mich.





oath Rook e as for hatching from

Barred frululiloodl3 stock pin-winning strain 81. 50

99





M. Union City. Mich.





 





 





iBLEBON Strain S. C. White Leghorn Bred to Lay

long bodied mdggrous stock. la and OhiCkIJll‘loe.

rown. Marviilo. Mich.





lull is born Cookercls. :33.?‘°"





D.r WILLIA I A. SMITH Petershuprg Mic.h





 





Orpingtonc—Bovcnteen roars. Beet exhibition

egg producifigstrain. Eggsor Baby Chicks. Oir-

cular free. L BOHADT. Goshen. Indiana.





 





Chicks, X: 311'?“ thousands. booking orders now





8r lift}. deliver). tree booklet.

FIEEPOBT HAT‘ Box 12. Import. Mich.





 





Cockerele— From Chicago Coliseum winning-took. SI

dup " Bingict' '&Buff [(01 he both combs Reds Spnn'

hWysndottes Tyrone Poultry lsrm Fenton. Mich





 





Drakes. Barred Partridge. Silver

COCkerels‘fl'eu-Ai led Plymoilth Rocks none.

Drakes. Sheridan Ponitxy 31.11118 Sheridan. Mich.





DAY-OLD CHICKS





of quality guaranteed to 1,500 miles. Eggs for

Hatching at low prices. Bar. Rocks, S. C. W. Leg-

GOSIIEI POULTRY FARMS. R-19 Goshcn. Indiana

y,csrs records from 200 to 264 eggs. Oct

9111 :11”! and d8, old chicks We ship C. O D and

I

#8 mm $0.610! your copy now-u as tree.

breedinghonsnow.

S. (‘. Leghoms

Grand Rapids. Mich.

001 hernia Puliets





Fowlers Buff Rocks and he... ,0, .31..

from two dollars no according to quality

I B. FOWLE Bantord. Mich.





RIMPROVE YOUR POULTRY





My Young' a strain bred -to- 1211 8.0. White Leflmms



great money make :3. 100.000 hat“ chit ks for 1918



delive‘v at 813 and up per 100. Satisfaction guaran-

rite for free catalogue



W. VAN APPLEDORN. 11.7. Holland. Mich.





ohn' a Big beautiful hon hatched Barred Rocks good

layers Dales & females 83 to $8 each. Breeding pen.

812. Sold on approval circulars photos. John Northon. Ciare.lich





 





 





   

 

   

 

   

   





   





 





Lame. great layers. Pure

white.Blrgaxns1nchoico





horns, S. C. and R. C. Reds. W“. Wyandottec.

‘I Ferris White Leghorns

our special summer prices on yearhng hens,

gnu-nice rennin. mice awe: prices; descnbca stock.

GEORGE 0. Falls 9M Union. Grand Rapids. Mich.

\orfresh Egg Farm. Ionia. Mich.

Chicks "ill ll" :15 DH 1011 M 1 $300111. 11'





Bull and W'. Orpingtons. Cbicklet catalog, tree.

'«

y A real been) laying strain lrapnested l

k:

breeding mules, eggs for hatching. 8- week-

obom our in: and methods; Icsulrr you can get by breed-

lsybili I. G. I. L. am:

Send for catalog. SNOWFLAKE OLLTRY

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E rOBEUT FARM,R01111 Oak, hilch:

RHODE ISLAND REDS and piymonth Rocks Male.

85: P. B. hen-





Rlbs. accordinfto 80m

weight Stomlbs. cage 15 015133810055; 120.80 Mammoth





 





* Bronco Tom Tur e a 8 to 38 lbs. accordin to a to

.25. 10 can“ J. orri a A J. Bsrsan. nesnr?“?eh.

both counts. Chicks &





RJ. RED , age.





strain in Michigan.“ rite for catalog.

INTERLAKES FARM. Box 39.La1vrence. Mich.





RR 11 red

Eggs in season .

Bit-bland, Mich.





M ost popular





 





Rm Comb Rhoda Inland Red cochercis.

surface. 01 on under color.

Mn. 1‘. A. ETTER. - .





 





ILVER Golden and White Wy andottes.

breeding stock of sale alter Oct. 151;

in. yearling hens. 0 w. Browning. R2





Wh' te Leghorn ullet h

For sale8 cocks do; old chicks. (Eon-1.211148%

rtH'amrncnd. Williamston. Mich.





WHITpu E Rock cockereis for sale. ”to“. Also.

few liats. Prizewinning stock. Only a few left.

Write Mrs. ELSIE M. ROBIVSON. Petersburg, Mich





leandotbea. I have a fine lot of April‘- and

hachinggcockerels for $3.00 and 85' .00 each.

DAVID BAY Norris 8L. Ypsilanti. Michigan





bite W andotte cockerels. good size. 001053150:

, Wt 32 or :15. Swedish Select Oats free from smut

813) per bu. in M1 bu. lots recleaned and been free

VANO MFA R. 1. Box 124. Hart art.ford Mich.





from hes. l i .



While W yandotles who... 111-:ng ““3100”

83.50 90:15. yuan... E. Stewart. R. 8. Augusta. Mich.

‘l' Toulouse Gael-em (1.8 0. W.



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sex. 8m emaciated. Chase Stock Farm. 111 Iarlcm. lich.





Turkeys. A low on ngfhomand onetime

mm 11.. Li‘rmigcmsnmu.

51min. Mich" 0its.phono122-





Choice

. a few bargain.

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Colon C. Lillie, Pres. and Sup. of Agts.,

319 Widdicomb Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich.





Harmon J. Wells, Sec. and Gen. Mgr.





BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY.





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication.





We Ofler a Few Speual Bargains

In S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, Ram-

bouillet rams, Hampshire pigs (either

sex) and Holstein bulls. A good chance

for a small investment to reap the bene-

fit of a large expenditure of capital and

years of expert breeding.



Flanders Farm, Orchard Lake, Mich.





CATTLE.





WOODCOTE ANGUS





Trojan-Ericas and Blackbirds only Breeders of the

dam and former owners of the sire (our herd bull)

or the Grand Champion Buil at. the International

Chicago for 1917.



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Ionia. Mich.





Good ( uality hulls of serviceable

Cloverly Angus ttgenn younger. Inspectioninvit—

ed. Geo. Hathaway and Son, Ovid. Mich.





GUERNSEYS must reduce herd. so oil'er

a few choice females of

Glenwood breeding also hulls. all stock of A. R. breed-

in herd tuhercdlin tested.



1%. HICK - - Battle Creek, Mich.





v





_For Sale. four oung

Guernseys registered cows. uber-

ouljne tested. Geo. N. Crawford. Holton. Mich.





a 4.5 Registered head. all tb. tested. Nora's

“GYM”: Mav King. son of Imp. May Rose King

heads our herd. 90f his half sisters sold averaging $1950

. ‘ each. His bull calves are booked ahead at reasonable

prices. Avondale Stock Farm. Wayne, Mich.





Registered Guernseys





3 choice Heifer calves. s:3150 each. 1 choice 3 year old





will freshen in March . —

J. M. WILLIAMS. - - - North Adams Mich.





GUERNSEYS—%EGIBTE“ED



, ‘Oontainin blood of world ohfimLIhigéLvm

HICKS’ GUI EY FARM. Saginaw. . 8.. Mich

For Sale sgsszzaissnatdguw-

JOHN EBELB, . 2. Hollan . Mich.





 





 





'. ruse bull calves from advanced

- F 01' 58.10 Fuenteroyddams rangin in fro 8

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CLUNY STOCK FARM





100--REGISTERED HOLSTEINSuIOO

When you need a herd sire remember that we

have one of the best herds in Michigan. kept un-

der strict sanitary conditions. Every individual

over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin tested. We

have size. quality. and production records back-

ed by the best strains of breeding.





\‘l' rite us lyour wants. ,

R. BRUCE McPHE SON, Howell, Mich.





 





accepted In payment of finely bred reg.

‘ 600d "Ole istered Holstein bull calves. Quality

of the best. and at prices within reach of all. Write.

GEO. D. CLARKE. - - - - Vassar. Mich.





 





9 Pedigree Stock Farm offers Reg.Hol-

Parham 8 stein cattle. Chester White Swine,

extra bargins in calves and fall Rjigfl' Bulls half rice.



R. B. PARHA . Bronson. Kiich.





A Few Fine Bulls For Sale’





Bigolows Holslsin Farms. Breedsvilla, Mich.





 





I Always Have Holsteins

To ' Sell





If wanting Registered cattle write me your wants

before placing your order elsewhere.





L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio





 





Reg. Holsteins: Bull calf born Oct.6. A splendid in-

dividual.well grown. A.R.O. records for seven near-

est dams average butter? dayszs.361bs.milk 5‘13 27. Dams





record 18 lbs. sr.2 yr.old. W.B. Reader. Howell. Mich.





 





FOR Sale Ono registered Holstein bull calt. Sire's

twenty mm at dams have 7. da. records av. 25.53 lb.

butter. Dam obe tested. A finely marked. growthy

individul. Long Veiw Form. B. 3.8m 10 A. Rochester. Mich.





 





2 CHOICE Holstein bulls nearly old enough for

service. No.1born January 24. 917 sire's dam.





‘ grand-dam and great grand~dam's semi-o cial records





nvora 842 lbs. butter Dam of calf 18 lbs. butter 7 days



assenlor 2yr.-old. average per cent fat 4.3. No.‘ 2 Sired



by23 lb. buli and out 0 a14 lb. junior 2-yr.- Id.



' '0. L. BR DY. Owner, Port Huron, ich.

Chas. Peters, Herdsman, Three Rivers, Mich.





3-..HoLsrsm BULLS--3





Ready for service at Long Beach Ear-m. Augusto,Mich.





 





1 Re stored Holstein bulls ready to service

For 8". a bull calves from 301b'.-sirc and,





 





 

 





dnms with with to 25 lb . .1

Wm. surfing 1" -. '. '1... , n.‘ 5. Howell.—Hioh.





 





 





 





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OUR GRANGE INSTITUTES.





In a recent letter I outlined in a gen-

eral way the plan of our Grange Farm~

ers’ Institutes. .‘Today I am able to

report upon the practical application

of this plan. At Charlotte the other

day over three hundred farmers met

in one of these gatherings. State Mar-

ket Director McBride was present and

rendered valuable service. He consid-

ered the farm labor problem and its

influence in the cost of farm products

in a most interesting and helpful way.

He did more than simply talk-she took

the names and addresses of many of

the farmers, with statements of the

wages they expected to pay their help.

An estimate of the shortage of labor

on Eaton county farms was made and

the question of prices which should. be

paid for next year’s crops of cats and

wheat were considered. Mr. C. B. Cook,

Assistant State Leader of County

Agents, was present and gave two good

talks. Hon. John C. Ketcham spoke

upon the need of efficient farm organ-

ization and the writer contributed his

part as best he could. The program

was frequently enlivened by short pe-

riods of community singing, which ex-

ercise was heartily enjoyed. Mrs. Dora

Stockman gave a forceful and practical

talk upon the feeding of the family. At

the close of the meeting many expres-

sions of appreciation were heard. The

following are some of them: “This

was a great meeting.” “We discussed

things today that we wanted to talk

about.” “This has been the best insti-

tute held in Charlotte in ten years.”

\Vithin the next few weeks like

meetings are to be held in nearly ev-

ery county in the lower peninsula. The

upper peninsula meetings will be held

,in the spring. Watch for announce-

ments of the- institutes in the several

counties.

Agricultural College, the dairy and

food department, the .department of

markets, and the extension department

of the University of Michigan are all

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The Boys and the Wan—The Union

Farmers’ Club met at the new home of

Alvin Balden, of Capac. It was the

first time that the Club was held in

their new home. Everyone was loud

in his praises of the house with all its





modern conveniences. The dinner that"





was served was undoubtedly one of

the best that Hoover would allow. It

surely put all the people in a proper

frame of mind for the talks. Miss

Crossley, of the National American

Suffrage Association, gave a talk on

the suffrage movement in Michigan.

She entertained so well with her usual

good jokes that all regretted that she

had to leave early in order to get the

train. Assistant County Agricultural

Agent R. M. Shane, talked on “The

Young People’s Part in the War.” In

this he outlined the Boys’ Working

Reserve and Boys? and Girls’ Club

work for St. Clair county. Capa‘c boys

will be enrolled and placed on. the

farms near the city. A boys’ club is

being organized in Capac now. During

the afternoon, Mrs. C. L. Broody ren-

dered several pleasing vocal selections.

In addition , to the regular program,

many of the visitors spent-some time

looking over‘ Mr. Balden’s pure-bred

Jersey cattle. There was a. spirited

discussion on the relative merits'of

Jerseys and Holsteins, of grades and

and the profits in dairy

farming. Most of the discussions Were





satisfactorily ended when Mr. Balden'





showed by his cow-testing book that





he ,js making money pn them, that they E-





produce bu'tter-fat economically, even





 





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When you think of good Holsteins, think of





E. M. PIERCE & SON,





Manchester. - - - - - Michigan

We have a few good females and several bull calve-

at right prices. The latter from $60 up. Excellent





HULSTEINS





 





“TUP - NUTBH”





“Milk productiOn is an inherited ability. Good cowl

mushbe bred to good pure-bred bulls if progress in

dairying is to be made."



Extract U. 8. Dept. of Agric. Bulletin.





Buy this young billlll'flnd give your milk and butter





roduction a us





 





 





In Colantha e Oalidale. No.182837, Born Nov. 4,1915.



His ire's 3 nearest S utter '7 days 30.87



Dams average Milk '7 days 579.66



_ uttm 7 days 80.59



His Dam's Dam's Milk 7 days 565.00



, - Record - Butter 30 days 124.19

Milk 30 do





 





 





 





ys 2438.50

(She heads one of the ten only combinations ofthroe

direct generations of thirty pound cows. 23 83





His dam's record at 3 yrs. 2 {wither $3133: 429 40





His flve nearest, dams average g Ig‘ufier 1,32%: 5,1233%

(Including 2—3 and l—4M yr. 0 )

Ideally marked. about half and half. ‘Price 8250.





McPherson Farms Co., Howell, Mich.





 





AK Leaf Farm. Herd sire Leanne Pontiac Cal- —

amity \King offer Registered Holstein bull calves ,





from A. R. 0. cows and thoa ove sire whose dam ol



the milk and butter recor in the state 0 Ind.



(tigrys mill; 796.3, butter 82.51—315Vdays milk 23782.3. blit-



n. n. enlanmra son. a. ‘4, Marcellus, Mich.

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pvt—r
:‘E' , recon ' “s beenrct

. “en hen t‘tolivefstockflnterestsms-

well as". to ”farmerestcckmen owning

corn‘they were anxious to get market-



,1. Wizth'tho disappearance of the big

’3’ cwblockadegthe food administration

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or cars to country shipping points, and

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so greatly as to force sudden big de-

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I . rears. Naturally, farmers have been



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m to live stock; but there are many

otgers who have» corn not of keeping

quality that needs to be moved to the

driers as quickly as possible. Fortu-

nately, Chicago’s regular drying ca-

,pacity amounts to about 600,000 bush-

els daily, and it seems probable that

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ments. With the much improved sit:

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ceive fair numbers. By the last of

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expected to be about over. ‘ ,





The Chicago hog market of late

weeks has been a highly sensational

, one, the unusual distribution of the

hogs from country shipping points and

f the poor eastern shipping demand be-

ing mainly responsible for the remark-

able fluctuations in prices. On some

days enormous offerings caused de-

clines of. from 40 to 50 cents per 100

pounds, while on others equally large

advances took place. During a recent,

week only 8,634 hogs were shipped

from Chicago, comparing with 21,960 a

weekearlier, 48,463 a year ago and

37,978 two years ago. Hogs moving to

parket show up well in quality on the

rhole, their owners having followed

ae government’s advice in making the

wine good and fat, and it is a pity

thathogs are marketed so irregularly.

Recent Chicago receipts of hogs have

averaged in weight 229 pounds..com-

paring with 223 pounds a week earlier,

203 pounds one and two years ago and

225 pounds three and four years ago.

Farmers in.many districts have been

feeding their hogs to the limit, realiz-

ing that no better use could be made

of their superabundance of soft corn.

In marketing hogs, it seemsbetter for

large owners to divide their shipments

up and have hogs on the. market at

different times instead of so many in_a

single day. Prices are far higher still

than in former years, and low prices

look a long way off.



Dr. Issa Tanimura, live stock com-

missioner of the Department of Agri-

culture and Commerce of the Japanese

government, arrived in Chicago a short

time ago, his visit to the United States

being made for the purpose of promot-

ing the Japanese sheep raismg indus-

try. He said that, although there use.

large government owned woolen mill

in Japan, which makes all the clothing

for the Japanese army, as well as a

number of private mills of larger ca-

pacity, one with a capitalizationpf

$56,000,000, and one manufacturing

cloth as fine as any that can be found

in the world, these are all suffering

from lacklof sufficient wool. HIS. mis-

sion to this country is to obtain infor-

mation for the purpose of finding out

whether sheep growmg can be suc-

cessfully carried on in Japan. He is a

Yale graduate of the class of 189}, and

is the leading live stock authority of

Japan. .. g



The banks have largely financed

farmers in buying cattle for feeding,

and have also loaned a great deal of

money on grain owned by farmers.

Bad railroad service has stood in the

way of marketing such holdings, and

many country banks are loaned to the

limit. ‘Fortunately, such banks are as-

sisted by the federal reserve bank and

are encouraged to rediscount paper to

adjust their loans. Accordnig to the

Chicago Tribune, it is estimated that

one-third of the banks in that district

are now borrowing from the reserve

bank. Some are borrowing part of the

money needed to subscribe to treasury

notes, while a" few are borrowing the



full purchase price of note subscrip-

tions. When a banker writes in and

says that he cannot subscribe to the

current note issue, he istold of the

x -' Defiéibilities of rediscountmg notes to

‘ » augment his cash. » _

W. K. Johnson, Vermillion county,

' 111., was in (the Chicago market a short

time looking for a carload of fancy 800

ol‘lgllfl-lb. cattle for-a short feed, his

plan beln to feed the cattle for about

«aromas on silage, cottonseed and

without!) 3111511 than: on corn.

shim Farmers“ in. that vicin-





 





 

 





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in a new Live Stock Bo

mail. postpaid, to anyone who will write for a copy.





it also contains record forms for keeping track of

service dates, due dates for mares, cows, ewes and sows. Gives

causes, symptoms and treatment of diseases of animals.

useful and valuable book for live stock owners.





It IS a thorough treatlse on worms in live stock. Illus-

trates the various kinds of worms—tells how they rob the animals of

y cause fatal diseases-why they are the

$200,000,000 live stock losses annually





their food nutrition—how the





It tells about SAL-VET— that wonderful



Salt"—-a medicated salt which has saved thousands at

dollars for American farmers. How quickly, it gets rid of stomach and

intestinal worms; how it tones the blood and aids the digestion; how it

helps every animal to thrive better, look better, grow and fatten faster

and costs so little that it really is not an expense but a big profit maker

for live stock owners. . .





SAL-

—Gall-vel — SAL-





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Tho moot important thing inborn a Jorooy bull in to not one backed up by

(producers. Brook

\woflmoro prison at the





H. 'W. “Wiolba

OWNER





—How to get a horse from a burning ban?

—-How to pick a good lit-Bod sow ?

-——How to feed your cows to give the right





color to your butter?





—How .to prepare cattle for shipment to





avoid heavy shrinkage? ,





--How to get rid of worms quickly ?

~ -—Eow to pick a good dairy cow?

--How to tell when pregnant animals will





drop their offspring?





ok we have





and indirect cause of over





and 90% of all live stock diseases.





It tells why no farm or farm animal is free from these

costly pests unless regular treatment is





them at very little cost and practically no labor.





”SAL-VET is all you claim for it. Have been feeding it throughout the winter.

and never had my sheep get through in better condition. it is surprising

how sheep will doctor themselves when given the opportunity. Have had

equally good success in feeding SAL-VETto a bunch of hogs. Any one keep

in; stock. cannot afford to be without SAL-YET. even if it cost twice as

much as you charge.“ Wm. B. FARRAND, Munith. Mich.





Write for Free Book, today.





VET Cow Remedy —- SALVET Fly

—SADVET Poultry 'l'onic—SAL-VET Head





Jerseys and Duroc Jerseys .





water oloro to col 3 cw choice bull calves of thin kind.

State Fairs this your than any other.





Boar Pigs and leingo For Solo.





BRO'OKWA-TER FARM

' Ann Arbut. Mich; R. 7.





 





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These and many other valuable questions are answered

just issued and which we will gladly





In fact, is a very





practiced. Tells how to get





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nd thousands of





Now, when feed prices are so high, you should get the

most return from what you feed, but that is impossible when your stock

have worms. They do not always show the worm symptoms plainly, so

don’t fool yourself by thinking your animals are not affected.





SAL-VET will more than pay its cost as a tonic and





conditioner, and in addition get rid of the worms.

about our money-back offer. SALVET is the cheapest and best live stock

rentedy to buy.

VET Remedies include SALoVEI Disinfectant and Dip—SALVET Hog Oil

S ay —- SAL-VF! Heave

“and, Ll; Ointment—SAL-VET

Ron Tablets nod SAL-VET Lice Powdor. At your dealers and GU





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’ may for oorvlco. Also holler.



ice Bulls for solo. Strong in the Blood,



yal Majesty. Come and I00 them or write for

. I WILDWOOD 11le



Alvin Balden. Copoo. ma... Phone ices.





MAPLE Leno B. of M. Jersey Herd has for pale ll.

of M. cows. daughters of B. of M. cows bull calves.

and bullo. All from 500 it 600 lb. dams.





 





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ERSEY bull and bull calves for solo from B. of M. . V

goo also heifers and cowo of all Ages. V

8. ENE}. R. G. Allegan, Mich.

FOR SALE arrows” ~

b l calves. -

SMITH and PARKER. R. 4. Howell. Mich. ' ‘





 





Shel-thorn Cattle 0! both Sex [or Sale





W. W. "A". Kowoll. HEM.





:mhm—Dolryor boo! bred. Breedi stock all

ocoo tornado at fur-more priooo. .W.0mm,

Socy. all. lick" Shotthom Inodon' All..lclfldo. nob.





BIDWELI. sunmuunus





For Boot and Milk.

53cm roody for service. 15 month: to 2 oooo. to

good :-





 





 





oole; .l..lta ielm-bolt)potion/om]!l and got or; rods

em 88“ 17 ll pmon . no our mm 0 “:0.

Ohio. n. v. o.°§'y. Yinlton Woloomo. Writo uo.





BlDWELL STOCK FARM





Boo B. Tocumooh, Mich hon.





 





Francrsco Farm Shorthorns '3

We maintain one of Michl en’s good herds f Scotch ~ '3‘

and oh Toppod cattle.8 Thev aro well brood, prop ‘

orly handled and prioo rcaoonable. Como and

like to show then.



P. P. POPE, . . . .





see; no

Mt. Ploasant, Mich.





O

F at: Lawns Shorthorm

Yearling bulls by Canada's beat sires: Mlssio Augusto

“5778 an In . Newton Frior cacao. '

LAURENCE . OTTO, - - - Charlotte, Mich.





box-thorns for sale. 5 bulls Scotch to 10 to 14 mm.

roomlwbite 1 red. rice 8150. tot?! .loon otMu-

wolton Stilton. 1‘ {08. £50. 0. Carlson. Leroy. Mich.





8.108 Sham theorlginol milk strain young





bulls Bmos. old for sale. Price

$150 to mo.





J. '. HUMMEL. noon. Mich.

rth Two bulls. 15 an 1 16 mo.

Sho OI'IISO-gmd..m of Cyru; Clay.

COLLAH BROS, B. 2, Conklin. Mich.





Milking Shorthorno:~Bull calf 5 more, by a G and-

oon of General Clay. dam by a non of General ,1. ,

8160. A tow females. 8. E. BOOT’H. Monica. Mich.





qHUBTBORNS. Butterfly Sultan, half brother to

L International Sr. Chum ion. in service. For no"!

bullsmowmand heifers. W.g.M(-Qulllan.Howoll. lch-





Shorthorns Maxwalton Monarch 2nd. 387322 half

. brother to 5 Grand Champions in set.

nee. JOHN SCHMIDT. R. 5. Reed City. Mich.





 





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Sthorns_Four fine young bulls ready for sol-vice.

. Grandsnns of Imp. Villager. Also bred

heifer & cows heavv milking Strain. Farmers prices.

l'roo Catalogue. HORRIESON FARMS, Hort. Mich.

SON of Harthorth Welfare heads our herd of milk-



ing Shun-thorns Comprising (‘hiflm of Clay bred





oown, young bulln road for sale and service. write on





ledo Bros" 11.2. linton. Mich. Macon Phone.





Grand lrmrsu Shorlhorn Am. 2,15; “Mk ’°'



M. E. DUOKLES. 890.. Traverse City. Mich. - u

‘ ' Shorthorno and Polled Durhams. 20heod co 0



Milk"! heifers and young bulls, Sultans Duchess ad'd



Bluywn Dudienlucludod. H. B,Hollsted. ll, 1. Orion. Mich.





- ' .

Registered as. assess! -~'~- ’-

GEO. B. LINDSEY. < - - Omega. Mich. ‘





Shorthorn 311115 for sale. Cl‘wr'evlgrlnoe" old. two





x "109.. ( ld. it



hard bull?) both beef and milk ’strain. mu 9 800d



A. L. WI SON. - ‘ - - Soottville, Mich.



1867‘1918 Maple Ridge Herd of aborthom

l’earlm heifers and bullcalvoo foo



sale. J. E. TA SWELL, Mason, Mich.





T h r e e B r e d I"Winter-ed. Sher-thorns





tb .

sole. Also two bull calves. to.” old hoiters ‘0'

W. E. MORRISH. it. 3. Flint, Mich.





Scotch Shorthorns $1,”; 333$!th

John Leositer‘o Sons, Orion, Mioh.. 'n. no.





Cattle For Sale





[Mb feeders and twoblomlhzyooilisng floors. Aloo

can 8 0' you any tom 0! o [‘8'0

too to 12m in. Isaac Shanntum. fined? 10:2. thy—'5





Polled Durham Cattle 9 {°“'““‘ ““3 f“ 'V

so 6. . '

J. A. DQGLRMO. - - - - - Mull. Mich. .-

A are bred a b ll lt ‘ '

For 8'“ K813 calved {’30: 10', 19%;. and b) Silver

SMITH dt BLAOKMAN. “'atorvliet, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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. The only way to beat this com-

binationioto got largo-yield cows.





MM HOLSTEINS

Are Paying Their Owners





Thole enormous

theu remoly





Production. .

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0F AMIGA, Box I“. mom. Vi.





FOR SALE





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FILE ° H m i bull 1:, b0 8 c.1911, 2!

CA R¢Wed duolgh‘lconr of Elderly. cowfnvnlatpo for podium

‘ roe and rice. F-O.B. your station.

.E. 81' RGIS, . -. St. Johns, Mich.

FEED COSTS ARE .

‘ ,8r.ld.dtfshiA.hu

UP; DAIRY PROD- Holstein moist}... omitiibfoidblim





 





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A. R, 0. records, and is right in ovory way,

- - - - Owosco. Mich.





 





   





Holstein

lb oil-o. Priced to: luck sale.

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for sale a few choice tenialocallacos

bull calves 6 weeks old sired by 30.58





Vassar. Mich.





 





Pnotod bull. 37 relatives aro 301b.cows.





 





orksldo Holotoln bulls. 8 and 16 mo. Both olrod b

Priced tone

rlotto. Mich.





 





   

 





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dprofluhlo (lo-pile

They hol all. records for

motor free information.





 

 





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'IO‘bull calves for sale, Perfection

Fairfax and Prince Donald breeding.





ALLEN BROS.,

PAW PAW, MICH.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





   

 

 





 

   

 





 





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a.- has an ‘ n o r 1:: Wu: and

hotter than , lb. rotordot‘ Irioo as Herefords otoheid. gout for ldole.

l token on . - loch ooooo‘oithor od or hcpod. n 0.

(Enemy Locos. no: 11. lowlcrvuh, mg... J lemon. soc y ch. 3. B. Anon. Bad Axe. Mich.

{you mud some . m.



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unveil Nfiwm‘a‘ofi jam“ 3;: Oonextta . Colon o. Lillie. Coopersvillo. Mich.



0 ' . . ' 7 ' to _, ' L : ' tron ‘- with

Big?!" as}. ‘53”th “m “as:





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UROOS Orion Ohio! Perfection No. 8845 -

D ninp PllotWonder No. 73373. ’l‘wo outclandfidbm

of big typo and excellent qualit . All selected largo

kyro smooth oowo. Thrifty, smooth. large boned spring

gl ts from these hard boars and choice sown at vory

reasonable prices. The Jennings Farms, Builey,Mlch.





GREY TOWER FARM





 





Now ofiero for sale a few choice Holstoin bull calvoo.

from high touting dams. with good A. R. O. recordo.

at furmers' prices. write us about them and our





Durocs & Berkshires

I. ll. KllflllEl My" 6m: talc. I'Iel.





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Dobson 8 DIEM {39.3% stare 1““

ORLO L DOBSON. - - - - Qu noy. Mich.

Duroc 'Sows & Gilts





guaranteed cafe in pig. Fall boats and {Its ~

need. You wont more also and feeding qslolltl‘ogi; rItaly

now. Oct brooding and description of 30





   

   

   





 

 

 





 

   

 

 

 

 





 

 

 





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licorice

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Dunn” JERSEYS . ‘

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D Prize one" one o the large heavy boned ”33

opting ton-ow. l'J. Dmdt. k l. lonroe. lick.

moot. J. D. CRANE SON. Plainwo . Mich.

Additional Stock Mo. on, Pogo 30,3
'lambs av 75 at 816.10 do av 71 at 818,





 

 





 

 





 





DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKET»





 





Thursday’s Market.

February





28,1918



Cattle.

Receipts 1418. All grades sti'ong at

last week’s advance; trade very active

tram opening to closing; quality not





ve d.

B’esgooheavy steers 811@12; best





* handy weight butcher steers 89. 50@





10. 75; mixed steers and heifers 88. 50@





9.;25 handy light butchers 88@8.50;

light butchers 87. 50@8; best cows

88.5069. 75; butcher cows -.87 50@825;

cutters 87 .25@7. 75; c‘anners 86. 25@

6.76, best heavy bulls 89@9. 50; bolog-

na. bulls 88. 50@8. 75; stock bulls 87. 50

@8; milkers and springers 865@110.



Sandel, S. B. & G. sold Parker, W.



8:00 16 butchers av 674 at 87. 60, 1

heifer wgh 760 at 89.13 butchers av

483 at 8775,11 do av 740 at 88.75,1

Steer wgh 1200 at 810.50,1 do wgh 950

at 89, 7 butchers av 730 at 88.;50 to

Sullivan P. 0013 cows av 1027 at 89, 4

steers av 1007 at 810.50,13 butchers

av 888 at 89.,50 10 do av 853 at 88.50,

3 cows av 1110 at 8,8 to Bray 4 can-

ners av 970 at 86. 75, 2 cows av 980 at

87. 75 6 canners av 875 at 86. 75, 1 bull

wgh 990 at 87.,60 6cutters4 av 891 at

86. 90, 7 do av 9806 aBt 87, cows av

1093 at 88; to Mich. .Co. 1 bull wgh

1320 at 88.25, 2 steersB av 985 at $10. 35;

to Thompson 2 bulls av 1185 at $8. 50,

12 butchers av 873 at $9 85, 2 steers

av 765 at 88. 50, 8 do av 950 at 810. 80;

to Applebaum 9 butchers av 800 at

88. 85; to Sullivan P. Co. 15 do av 790

at 88.50, 3 do av 783 at 86:75 to

Thompson 1 bull wgh 1600 at 88.60,1

cow wgh 920 at 88. 25; to ewton P

Go. 4 canners av 862 at $6. 75, 8 cows

av 867 at 87. 50, 5 do av 820 at 88. 75;

to Hammond, S & Co. 9 butchers av

776 at 88. 50; to Sullivan P. Go. 20 do

av 904 at 89. 50, 6 do av 803 at 88. 25,

20 do av 817 at 810, 9 cows av 1061 at

87.60,]. do wgh 1100 at $8. 30; to Park-

W. & Co. 16 butchers av 725 at

88.10.



Erwin. S. &. J. sold Hammond S. &

Co. 10 steers av 1190 at 811. 25; to

Newton P. Co. 1 bull wgh 830 at 88,1

do wgh 1340 at 810, 8-cows av 931 at

$7.85, 2 steers av 795 at 812; to Thomp-

son 5 doav 780, at 89, 9 do. av 820 at

89.75; to Newton P. Co. 1 cow wgh

1070 at 88; to Bresnahan &. K." 1 do





._ wgh-.1570 at 810; to Mason B. Co. 9 '





~ steers av1070 at $10.50, 2 heifers av

770 at 88, 1 steer wgh 1150 at 812, 2

bulls av 875 at 88.50; to Bray 2 can-

ners av 825 at 86.75, 9 do av’792 at

86.50, 2 cows' av 1125 at $8, 1 do wgh

970 at $7.50; to Hammond, S. & Co.

22 steers av 980 at $10.75; to Good-

gold 5 do av 730 at 88; to Mich. B. Co.

1 bull wgh 970 at 89, 26 steers av 750

at 89.75, 1 do wgh 920 at 810; to

Thompson 13 butchers av 883 at 89.60,

1 heifer wgh 700 at 88; to Reed 24

smokers av 545 at 86.75; to Battkow-

sky 5 butchers av 588 at 87. 80; to Sul~

-livan P. Go. 16 do av 892 at 89.50, 2

balls av 1160 at 88. 60.

Veal Calves.



Receipts 821. Market strong and 50c

higher on good stuff; common and

heavy grades dull; best 815.50@16;



culls811©13.



Bishop. B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co.

6 av 155 at 815. 50 8 av 150 at 816; to

Battkowsky 17 av 130 at 815; to New-

ton P. 00. 12 av 150 at 815 2 av 165

at 815.50, 6 av 145 at 815; to Sullivan

P. Co. 12 av 225 at 88, 11 av 140 at

$14.50, 10 av 150 at 813, 2 av 170 at

815. 50. 7 av 140 at 814; to Mich. B.

00. 8 av 140 at 815. 75, 6. av 145 at 816,

2 av 125 at 815. 50; to Thompson 20 av

130 at 815.75 7 av 125 at 815. 50; to

McGuire 4 av 145 at 813, 27 av 150 at

816; to Sullivan P. Co. 61 av 130 at

815.25. 33 av 150 at 815.50; to Shipiro

4 av 145 at 816; to Parker, W. 81 Co.

12 av 140 at 815, 3 av 150 at 815.75, 12

av 151 at 815.50. . ,



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 2220. market very dull all

the week and 25c lower on everything

but prime lambs. Best lambs 816.25@

16.50; fair lambs 815@15.50; light to

common lambs 813614; fair to good

gig? 810@11; culls and common





Erwin, S & J. sold Pagan, W. & Co. I





236 lambs av 85 at 816.2

Sand'ebs. B. &. G. sold Thompson

18 11111156 av 75 at 816 to Sullivan P. Go.

5 :11er av 95 at 810

Bi ,B. 1! H. sold Mich. 3.00. 97





”2:152: ‘2: .. “22%;; 2°

av a , 0

Mil Coifiddoavuat 816 .50.





. . 3175.1lorhet very dull and“

than on Wednesday on mix-

- 18.753919!





 





hone-wing was

bymail-instructixm. Mackley had

Itudied Beery' 5 Course in his

spare time and m a low

was able Io coco





muh w'ih

wih had hat:

Other Successes

Macldcy s worl: showed [no a way to make





cal

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some nice money l detamined to take Prof.

Booty 5 Courseln horse-training—hut before

doingsolmade lmtheri Horoarowhal





nquim

a low of Boorysstudenlssaid. lllletthemtoll

of their mecca: in their own Words.





Mr.S. l... Anon! writes: "Just to test Boory' 5





methods. I bought the Worst bulky. kicking,

fighti horsol could find. Paid 365 .00 for him.

After him on]: rs amending





toBooty'ssystomlaoldyhimfor $131.00



Mr.Doll Nicholson, Portland. Mich..wriies:

lhavotrainod atom yourold,ma2o thatwas

g'von up by everybody. Boughtherfor $35. 00.



now ”gentle, my little boy

handles hot. Wmldn't take $200.00 for her.



DoanL. Smith. Findky. Ohio, writes: By

following Booty: intruding have changed a

worthless. dangerous halkor mtoa horse worth

$225.“). '



Everett McBlock, Mildew: Hove

inst hrokonaponytodnve isomo

kicks. Owner be it for $l7..50 Paid

mmmmit, jusold Blosshow

companyiorflSOfl).





 





 





"'omoty 'colls and horses nthugainpnoes.

after luiningtho Inimakaollinglhem ata Meow}

However, I alsopick money

coll: and training horses others on

whom: For instance, a hinterland

piecehay that had the had habit o.‘





ofpopot macaw“ across the

not the horse

thought. great deal of the animalhut couldnt

take chances on the sh

{WW 1 had





Affiendcf historw





some this man in

mm: .1...“ .. “"3

on y cur

of tho habit—‘0‘ which job I

received $50.

Curing. Bad Habits

You can uoh'omthisthat my





. work consists not only In breaking

coliIancl “geniling” vicious horses,

but in curing the various

habits a horse can have—such as

shying, balking, fear of automo-

biles, etc. ., pulling 3:]. hitching

up, 3 m sta etc. etc. ..

Beaygmmethddsfico ng

are particularly amazing. Under

the old way oi handling

colts one usually had to half kill

so as well as himself to

thing—and then the colt was

loJor hurt in some way all) other.





3 prinupleath ore is





accomplish

usua 5pm

when you apply

mhxdlongworkorinjurytotho colt.

No one should have a biting. kicking or balky

home when it is so easy to cure these vicious .

habits. No one should attempt to break in a coll





the old fashioned way when Booty 5 methods

make the task so easy. To every horse owner.

to every lover of horsellesh, my advice 13 to gel

acquainted with the Boery princi les. You can

not only make money for yourself, Ehut you can do

a world of good, particularly at this day when

war-demands have placed a premium on horses.





Wonderful Book Free

lbvebeen roquuted wmdemi. Jesse

Booty will sondm his remarkable booklet, "How

to Break and Train Horses" free to those into:-

hisa booklet well worth havingasi

Iovenls some startling information on hono- train—

ing. l have heard men who considered themaolvcs

export horsomonsa that the booklet was armin-

lhoro in no mo hi my going

intodotulsonthobooklotwhonyoucangotil

he; for the aching.





*fii‘h‘fi‘ufimafluumu





Waylon».





 





Howl Work

Thohiasoumo oi nyinooneis‘mhuyingip

SI!" To Th. 0“ “6".” "0-0.

McCaiiroy'ISug‘I?





HA 613-625 Wlhuh M.





We no pay oyi g Juwodgom. .ums for now-



Bzom Writ.

-_-:- actor onion)... A BAN BUTTER

IOOMPA Detroit. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





HOGS

Choice lime Jcmy Bill: For Sale.





 





GARE! U. .1165.

uroc fall boars sired bv Crimson Critic 7.. Satisfie-

tion and Brookwnter Princi poedrl right. Bred



cows I“ dd. 51.01 TA H. Kiln, nick.





 





Con spare two or three bred daughters of

NW boar.





J0. 0"qu h-d.

A. FLEMING. - Lake. Mich.





Why "don t 80011,.“ ordera’zaco-dnlseu

”tumor! boar or A“ for yourself.

I. E. OALK - Ann Arbor. M let.





B R E D G l L l S

'. on. B. No. (no. gfel‘low No.18?!» sin

a of hit g‘rize young he int [own State Fair.

all plan and breeding boars.

I J. CARI. JEWE'IT, Manon. Mich.





Chester“ Gilt. bred for Much {org-.0; gag;





ooze- from

lines. I. W. ALl DEB. Vulcan!“





 





 





 





 





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IRA WWW ' “booth-continua”.

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Wfi. g »- mi“ . “2‘s. girl-32.3.5.2





0.1. 0. 81 Chester While Swine.





Strictly Big Typo with quality. Bred sows d: gllts are

all sol two boats fit for non me good ones. Also havo

a. few fall 1?th left, either sex. I will ship 0.0 ..D



NEWMA STOCK FARM. 3.1. Marlette.l Mich.





 





O I C. 'ozohoioo Hay boar-l Sent pi sired

oby First sPtremium boar Mich. State Fair I’ffi'l.



Clover Leafs ockl'arm. R 1. Monroe. Mich.

0 I C’ S'A Becicteredoorvicenblo boars. Bredgilts.



80 t. POM... A.3139. Registered Shro

dimensional». An rows, Danaville, Mich.

o I C. For sale n few extra. good gilta bred

fox-March and April furrow





H. W. MANN , - - Dmvifla Rich.

0 l C’s nllnoldexoopt some tall gilto. Order





our spring pigs no 0"-



O. J. 1110311de Rockford. Mich.

0 l C Nothin for solo but our tried

0 low- un (all pigs.



1?. C. BURGESS.





 





noon. Mich.





 





O. I. O.’ a. Last spring gilts bred for next spring fab

. row also last- full pigs otthersox and not akin.

rowthy stock” M mile west of Depot, Citizens



Otto .lohulne. Baal Mich.





Big Type Poland Chinas.





Bred Gilts and Sows for sale.





HILLCREST FARM,

Kalamazoo, Mich.





30A13§—sows *1"

. on onoxt Ildm ”will sell

Mali: 9.17.” armies: 731' iii:





an on

SW3. m M133. “I... 11.11 moo.





 





 





 





ARGE Type). 0. La. nrsootlnMi h. 8 rl



ready um The kind that “4:11.106? 021.130th

see the real 3 'okind. Exppanlel paid it notes

room





6810;.“ ‘Pnrmo. Mich.





P. C. dill sol ou' ws' an

WEIR: nfi‘guofiu: :fotL breede :(itjtni’ri vatgotmt d

mM’lch.





- Arizona.

Ln. MP OoGilh bled toflmooth Jumbo larg~

e582 yr. old in state, & ogrsudIou of Gutshnlls Smooth Big

Bone for Aprilb May furrow. 17.0.5me Schoolcntt. Mich.





I. c. bondlollows from Iowa’ om“

dpricol on spring





Mu I brag. boon.

E. mumso. BurrOak. Mich.

Fifi" fllll Gilli 23% 23' 35““ m

G. W. BOLTON. - Kalamazoo. Mich.

P. O. brethrfluoh than! hmdnd

India





&v “II-II. 3, you-

sowo “hernia prices. 0 l. Gommtloton maul-Jab





 





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also not akin.

blood. Adrian. lick

, P. 0.1111! drofiblb. your]! tobo

Lbredto lb. WZyonréSc‘léor-Inlyol; .zourgood

fall boars. WM. J.O LABKI. 3.7.1905, Hi oh.





 





80 A and

Blgwlyr Maud Climax: Mg‘fififiw‘xd ,2 W.

L. . ARNH‘SON, - - Byron. Rich.





e Yorkshire Gilts

Rod Poll Cattle. 12.8. CARR. Homer. Mich.

Bred for spring tarmwing.





YUIW. Elli: is high in price. Yorkshire. link.





bacon: buy Yorkshire es. W not ennui.

t Waterman. Packard Road. Ann Arbor. Mich.

hours at a bargain. bred gilt-





now rendytosh 1

n. 11.117.72.11”. Mich.





 





Hampshire

JOHN w. amen.





Houses





Pnbliciale of Percheron





Thursday, March 7, I will offer for sale



imported seven year old stallion, also



two registered colts coming 3 years old.



three registered brood mares and two

c.01ts lfD interested write





Barney Giosken, R..3, St. Louis, Mich.





REGISTERED i PERC HERON





More. and Stallion. priced to col) I on tnvlhd'

CHUNT. HATON PI.” MIC”.





LOESER BROS.





Belgian and Percheron Stallions for sale that

will pass the Michigan Stallion Inspection.

Hav e a few mares of both breeds. Shorthorn Cat-

do we offer a ohoire lot of bulls and females.





iii'ti’bNiER INDIANA.





PERGHEHUN DISPERSAL





The entire herd of the late A. A. Palmer

will be closed out; 25 pure bred per-

cheron mares 8200 to 8400 except two;

also young stallions





PALMER BROS” Belding Mich.

FOR SALE





old. weight

NGEL.11'!3 So.





 





 





 





 





 





Black Percheron Stallion. regio-

tored a: Licensed, well broken. 6

about ZIIJO pounds. JOHN

Church St... Hastings. Mllh.





Puchgoons, 2.1.1.111, lupus, Shrughim, Dorm

RR D. BURL lm. Iman.

Three Peri heron Stallions and three Per





For sale oherun m: was at farmers’ rioes.

E. J. AI DRH‘H, Tekonsha Mic Bell Phone.





Stallions and mares f res bl

PerCheron ices; inspe< tion iniglied. 11011 i 9

F.{L. KING & SO Charlotte. Mich.

’ Being in draft will sell 11 f t-

NohCG lie or shoepi'i reg. on 11min"!n an” or on

J. M HICKS & SONS. R. 2.





FOUR YEAR





1". J. WEBB.





 





 





 





 





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old re {:1 stored da lo

_sh 'lllion for sale. pp my

Paw Paw. Mich





Belg ian Setdflliona Priced to sell.

Send for photos.

CHAS.g M. 8131'“;I LFY, Three Rivers. Mich.





 





 





young Jennets che and com

Two Large Shetland Ponies 111139;!“ era] 3

for hounds. W. E. Ll ‘CKY. Holman-ville. lhio





 





SHEEP

Will Sell at





PUBlll} SALE





At the Fair Grounds, Marshall, Mich.





On Saturday, March 2





At 1:00 P. M., Rain or Shine





400 2-year-old to 4- -year-old ewes in lots

of ten, bred to ure-bred Hampshire

bucks, due to lam March 15.8 months

time on bankable notes at 6% interest.





Conley Bram, Marshall, Mich.

AUCTION SALE





Having sold the farm. we will sell all of 0



property at Public Auction at the form two :dd%$1m



miles north- weato! Muir. Ionic County. Mich iga'n.

Wednesday, March 6 th, 1918,



commencing at 10 «1'clockRA.flM. Stock hnd tools; hay



and gral n; household





146 Thoroughbred Registered Oxford

Down





Ewen

consisting of: 33 1 year old. 3'1 2 \ mold. 20 4 year old

ewes and the rest are five, six and seven ears 0: (I.

They have all been bred to W. H. McCarty .110er

No. 78231, and are duo the latter part at March and

the torapart of April. Tho-beep willbouold romptl':

5220' clock and will be graded and classi fled) accord-

ing to age and will be sold by the head in lotoof five.

I! you are interested‘ 111 raising a type 0! sheep that. is

superior to any others.

cure and attend this sale.





L..N. Olmstoad P

J, L. Spaans roprietorc

E. E' Slye, lonia, Mich" Auctioneer.





KOPE—KON FARMS.





Goldwater, Mich.





Hampshire: & Shropshiroo.

It's n win man who orders his ra- ter A“

delivery now.





Shggshiro Wank?“ b: and .3111. than your





ARM ORG 330‘ B. R. 8. °Fowlorvi mam.





 





 





 





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I Indigestion -—— Worms—Whenever .1

drive my 14-year-old mare she tires

easily and she is in a run-down condi-

tion. I have seen her pass long round

worms. She is well fed, fails to lay

on flesh. C. G., Flint, Mich—She

should be given a tablespoonful of the

following compound. powder at a dose

in feed three times daily. Mix one

part powdered sulphate iron, one part

ground fenugreek, one part of ground

nux vomica and three parts ground

gentian together and give as directed.

Her grinder teeth may require float-

ing, and I advise you to change her

feed. A wormy horse should be extra

well fed, or-he will grow thin.





Tumor on Udder._—I have a three-

year-old heifer that has a growth much

the shape of a pear on back portion

of udder. The skin of this bunch is

rough and somewhat resembles a wart.

What treatment do you recommend in

a case of this kind? L. E. N., Mack-

inaw City, Mich—Take a clean sharp





knife, cut off bunch and apply boric.

acid to wound twice a day.





Barren Ewe—VVe have a Hampshire

ewe that had three lambs during cold

weather and they all died. I an» anx-

ious to breed her again so that she

will lamb this coming summer, but she

fails to come in heat. J. C. G., Linden,

Mich—Give her 5 grs. of ground nux

vounica, 15 grs. of ground capsicum

and 20 grs. of ground ginger at a dose

in ground feed twice a day. 1 fully be-

lieve it would be a mistake to breed

your ewe, even if she comes in heat.



. Indigestion—Looseness ot‘ Bowels.———





,I have a filly 18 months old that is





usually too loose in bowels; besides,

altogether too much gas accumulates

in stomach and bowels. Her appetite

could not be better and she drinks

large quantities of water. She is in-

clined to rub root of tail. A. K., Mon:

tague, Mich—Increase her grain ra-

tion, feed her good quality of well cur-

ed fodder, give her 1/2 oz. of ground

gentian, 1,4 oz. of ginger and 1/2 oz. of

powdered wood charcoal at a dose in

ground grain three times a day.



\Veakness.—l have a small flock of

sheep, am new beginner in sheep rais-

ing, but two of last year’s lambs per-

spire on body back of shoulders; how-

ever, they do not seem to be sick.

What shall I do for them? R. G.,

Wayne, Mich—Give each of them 2

ozs. of. castor oil, if their bowels are

not active enough. Change their feed.

Give each one 5 drops tincture of nux

vomica at a dose. three times a day,

also give 10 grs. of acetate potash once

a day.



Too Much Bowel Action—I recently

purchased a blocky 1200-pound horse,

commenced to feed three pints of oats

twice a day and let him have plenty of

alsike clover hay to eat. Ever since 1

have owned him his bowel movements

are normal while in stable, but after

traveling at mile on the road he scours.

I thought it might be the clover that

purged him, but feeding timothy has

the same effect. J. M. 8., Buckley,

Mich—As you perhaps know, the bow-

els of a horse move four or more times

as often, when exercised, than if stand-

ing still. This kind of a case can best

be treated by food and water supply.

Water before feedng grain, and limit

his water supply for a few hours be-

fore driving him. Certain horses will

usually purge more. or less when driv-

en faster than a walk.



High Colored Urine—I have a nine-

year-old cow due to freshen in about

sixty days. She has been farrow for

three years, giving milk up to one

month ago. She is in good flesh but

her urine is a reddish brown, or I

might say about the color of blood. G.

W. 0., Atlanta, Mich—Give her one

teaspoonful of acetate potash at a dose

in feed or drinking water twice daily;

also give one teaspoonful of air—slaked

lime and a tablespoonful of ground

gentian in feed three times a day.



Infected Udder—Dropsy.——Have cow

that has had three calves; after each

calving her udder has caked; besides,

she is swollen under belly. Will it be

safe to breed her again? A. 0., Pon-

tiac,Mich.—-Yes, breed her again, but

milk her carefully by hand when she

freshens. If such an udder was gently

hand-rubbed and if her stall was thor-

oughly cleaned, disinfected and kept

clean at time of calving, she would

have less bag trouble.



DOg Has Mangs.——My dog has what

neighbors call the mange, therefore I

would like to have you prescribe 8.

none too expensive remedy. Subscrib-

er, Wayne Co.~—Clip off hair and apply

one part sulphur and four parts lard

twice a Week, or apply one part coal

tar disinfectant. and twenty parts wa-

ter daily.





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Europe, nearly one-half the civilized world must noccssarily.look to 4





America fortheir food supplies. Favored as we are with unbounded

resources we can by saying what we now waste. [feed the world

and still have ample left for ourselves.





WASTE We Americans, always favored

with plenty, are the most wastefuL





Moreover, today we are face to face with the fact that we must stop

our wasteful practices-conserve our food roduction—in order that

we, as well as the nations of the world, may supplied With suflicrent

food and the necessities of life. ,





SQUARE D





It is an investment that will pay you big profits.

You can keep your stock where you want them

—you can pasture fields from which crops have

been harvested ——— save the fallen and scattered

grain —.tum it into profit quickly and avoid

destruction of growing crops.



Be square with yourself-buy the best fencin

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satisfaction: It stays tight and trim year after

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L05 5 Es Waste naturally means losses. ,

: To prevent waste and eliminate losses





small wastes.





is now not onl a patriotic du

Millions of do at: are annu 1y lost on American farmsao a result of





DESTRUCTION





. but. a very profitable habit to form.‘





Another big fac-





tor of loss to the





American farmer, is the destruction of growing crops caused by stock

breaking through poor fences and in a.short time destroying several

dollars worth of gram. You can help your country — help feed the

hungry - save waste and destruction — by fencing‘your fiel s with





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your fence troubles. ,here are a good many'





reasons for this.





We have put them in a very





interesting catalog. Send for a copy and in

the meantime ask your dealer about this

strong, durable, economical fence.





To Landowners: If you '1 , '



have not reCeived a copy '



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valuable time and labor saving hints. and

Will wnte for our fence and gate catalog. 1 .





we will send all free





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Win the War By Preparing the Land

Sowing the Seed and Producing





Bigger Crops





Work in Joint Eflort the Soil of tho 0. s. and Canada---co-oporativo

Farming in Man Powor Nocoooary to Win the Battlo for Liberty





The Food Controllers of United States and Canada are asking for greater





food production. Scarcely 100,000,000 bushels of wheat c

allies overseas before the crop harvest.





States and Canada rest the burden of supply.





Every Available Tillablo Acro must Contributo;

Farmer and Form Hand muot Asoiot.





an be sent to the





Upon the efforts of the United





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Western Canada has an enormous acreage to be seeded but man power is

short and an appeal to the United States allies is formoremenforseeding





operations.





Canada’s Wheat Production Iaot Year woo 225,000,000 Buoholo;





the demand from Canada alono, lor1918,io 400,000,000 Buoholo.





To secure this she must have assistance.





She has the land but needs the





men. The Government of the United States wants every man who can effec-





tively help to do farm work this year. It wants the Ian

States developed first of course; but it also wants to hel





d in the United

Canada. When-





ever we find a man we can spare to Canada’s fields a ter ours are sup-





plied, we want to direct him there. Apply to our Empl

and we will tell where you can best serve the combined





oyment Service,

interests.





Western Canada's holp will bo roquirod not later than April 5 th.

Wagon to competent holp, $50 o month and up, board and lodging.





Those who respond to this appeal will get a warm welcome, good wages,





good board, and find comfortable homes. They will

cent a mile from Canadian boundary points to destinati





et a rate of one

on and 'return.





For particular. no to routoo and placoo whoro omploymont may be had, apply to





‘U. S. EmplOymont Service,





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